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Jul, 25 2022

This fund will let people donate to help support unionizing Starbucks workers

As Starbucks workers continue to unionize—voting for a union in 200 stores across the country—some claim they’ve faced retaliation, from harassment to reduced hours and firings to entire stores being shuttered.

Jan, 26 2022

Big Tech workers at their breaking point are using a new arsenal to fight back

Jordan Flowers, an Amazon warehouse worker, is a thorn in the side of his employer. He regularly speaks at labor rallies and leads protests against the online retail giant over how it treats workers. But being an activist doesn’t pay.

Oct, 19 2021

‘Welcome to the party’: five past tech whistleblowers on the pitfalls of speaking out

When Frances Haugen revealed she was the Facebook whistleblower who supplied internal documents to Congress and the Wall Street Journal, she joined a growing list of current and former Silicon Valley employees who’ve come forward to call out military contracts.

May, 6 2021

Union Loss May Bring New Phase of Campaign Against Amazon

The lopsided vote against a union at Amazon’s warehouse in Bessemer, Alabama was a major disappointment to organized labor, which regards the fight with Amazon as central to labor’s survival.

May, 30 2020

Amazon warehouse workers in New York walk off the job; Instacart and Whole Foods employees to follow

A group of workers at an Amazon warehouse in New York City walked off the job and went on strike Monday afternoon, demanding the company shut down and thoroughly clean the sprawling facility after they say multiple employees there have tested positive for the novel coronavirus.

May, 9 2020

Could the pandemic give America’s labour movement a boost?

“May day, ho, ho, billionaires have got to go.” Protesters with slogans and placards, security hovering in the back: the gathering outside an Amazon warehouse in Richmond, California, on May 1st had all the trappings of a proper picket line.

Feb, 26 2020

Tech workers are organizing. Meet the labor vets whispering in their ears.

Drew Ambrogi pushed open the glass door to the Washington office of Coworker.org, his laptop balanced on one hand. “Tesla has blocked Coworker.org on their internal network,” he announced to everyone within earshot.

Nov, 6 2019

How the Google walkout transformed tech workers into activists

At the end of October 2018, Claire Stapleton, then a YouTube employee, sent an email to an internal listserv where women discussed their experiences at Google. Employees had just learned that the company’s board of directors had approved a $90-million

Jun, 6 2018

Tech Workers Versus the Pentagon

For months, Google employees have led a campaign demanding that the company terminate its contract with the Pentagon for Project Maven, a program that uses machine learning to improve targeting for drone strikes. Nearly five thousand Google workers signed an internal petition

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