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Grocery Delivery Workers at Imperfect Foods Vote to Unionize
About 80 delivery drivers unionized at a grocery delivery startup, but the company intends to challenge the results.
Amazon’s New Algorithm Will Set Workers’ Schedules According to Muscle Use
In Jeff Bezos' last letter to shareholders as Amazon CEO, he laid out a plan to increase safety by algorithmically managing workers' bodies.
DoorDash Is Pushing Drivers to Deliver More With a $50K Sweepstakes
DoorDash will offer ten lucky drivers a cash prize for making deliveries in what one worker's rights group called "Hunger Games as a business model."
World’s Most Powerful Tech Companies Celebrate Bessemer Union Loss
A coalition including Amazon, Google, Facebook, Instacart, and DoorDash is using the defeat of the union drive to make their case for a future without unions.
Amazon Has Enough Votes to Bust Bessemer Union
But the Retail Wholesale and Department Store Union has indicated that it will formally challenge Amazon’s conduct during the election.
Uber Spends $250M to Lure Drivers While Gutting Their Rights
Uber is spending hundreds of millions to recruit drivers as vaccinations increase while working to keep them misclassified as contractors.
The NLRB Is Finally Counting Votes for the Amazon Union Drive
Thousands of votes are being hand counted, in one of the most widely-watched union elections in recent U.S. history.
Amazon Workers in Chicago Strike Over Ruthless 'Megacycle' Shifts
Amazon's 10-and-a-half-hour graveyard shift, known as the 'megacycle,' has been rolled out across the United States over the past year.
How Lush Cosmetics Tried to Crush a Union Drive
The global cosmetics retailer touts "unions" as part of its ethical buying policy, but has been leading a campaign to send a broad negative message to Lush employees around North America about unionization.
Uber Gave Its 'Independent' Drivers Some Freedom, Now It Might Take It Away
Uber let drivers in California preview destinations and set rates to prove their independence, but after Proposition 22 passed it's reconsidering those freedoms.
Amazon's Bizarre 'Apology' for Pee Scandal Just Makes It Worse
The company didn't apologize to its workers for working conditions that forced them to pee into bottles, just to a politician it mocked on Twitter.
‘She-Wees’ and Plastic Bags: Amazon’s Pee Scandal Is Much Worse for Women
Amazon delivery drivers describe the great lengths they’ve gone to to pee.