by Adre's IT | 19 January, 2023 | Adre's IT Blog, Amazon, layoff, m-commerce, OSHA
Federal regulators from the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) found that three Amazon warehouse facilities had violated legislation designed to require employers to provide safe working environments. Investigations found that Amazon workers are at...
by Adre's IT | 6 January, 2023 | Adre's IT Blog, ftc violation, layoff, robotexts
The Federal Trade Commission proposed a rule on Thursday that would block employers from using noncompete agreements to restrict workers from pursuing employment with competitors. In its push to throw out noncompete agreements, the FTC cites Section 5 of the Federal...
by Adre's IT | 4 January, 2023 | Adre's IT Blog, layoff, livestream, Pete Hines, playstation
At ZeniMax, a Microsoft-owned gaming studio, 300 quality assurance (QA) testers have voted to unionize. This marks Microsoft’s first official union in the U.S., as well as the biggest gaming union in the country. Union organizing has been on the rise in the...
by Adre's IT | 30 December, 2022 | Adre's IT Blog, killer robots, layoff, on-demand delivery, symbio, The Nielsen Company
Big thanks to Joyce Sidopoulos, Peter Barrett and Ken Goldberg for filling in the last few weeks. I’m excited by the boost this newsletter has been getting in recent months and wanted to keep the light on while I was out. Three weeks is the longest break I’ve...
by Adre's IT | 8 December, 2022 | Adre's IT Blog, Amazon, layoff, m-commerce
Last year, an Amazon delivery driver said that the high volume of orders during holiday season “makes life hell.” This year, these contracted workers can get a $5 tip if their customer says, “Alexa, thank my driver.” Meanwhile, news also broke...
by Adre's IT | 7 December, 2022 | Adre's IT Blog, Apple, layoff, robotexts
In April, an Apple Store in Atlanta became the first of the company’s American retail locations to file for a union election. Yet about a month later, the Communications Workers of America (CWA) withdrew its request for an election. The labor union alleged that...
