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We are an interdisciplinary group of over 650 experts in labor, technology, anti-racism, feminism, and transnationalism. đ: @[email protected]
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Joined February 2021
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RT @MorePerfectUS: The NLRB has ruled that employers can't tell workers that forming a union will hurt their relationship with management.âŠ.
news.bloomberglaw.com
Employers are no longer categorically allowed to tell workers that unionization will negatively impact their relationship with management, a split National Labor Relations Board ruled, overturning a...
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New book!. Cyberboss:The Rise of Algorithmic Management and the New Struggle for Control at Work by Craig Gent.
versobooks.com
Across the world, algorithms are changing the nature of work. Nowhere is this clearer than in the logistics and distribution sectors, where workers are instructed, tracked and monitored by increasi...
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RT @SamanthaDalal: Hi friends! Iâm on the academic job market this year :) Iâm a critical participatory design researcher who builds pathwaâŠ.
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RT @MilagrosMiceli: Last panel of this year's talk series!.We'll discuss GenAI labor's impacts and how translators, artists and writers areâŠ.
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âDouble Standards and Hypocrisyâ: The Dissent at Cisco Over the War in Gaza.
wired.com
Employees at Cisco revealed to WIRED the challenges theyâve encountered while petitioning for the cancellation of contracts with Israel and greater recognition of the humanitarian crisis in Gaza.
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Amazon launched a program for Indian handicrafts. Local artisans say itâs not working.
restofworld.org
Makers say Amazon Karigar has failed to distinguish their crafts from mass-produced items.
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Job: Tenure-Track Faculty in Digital Media - Open Rank (Georgia Tech).
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CFP: A session at the 9th SISEC Conference titled "Social Media as Tools for Resisting and.Exposing Precarious Work Conditions in Contemporary Global Capitalism". For more info: To submit:
sisec.it
SISEC Ăš una associazione senza fini di lucro costituita nel 2017 che si propone lâavanzamento degli studi sui processi socio-economici, con particolare riferimento agli ambiti della sociologia...
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RT @MorePerfectUS: "Many workers have said that a big sticking point is bringing back pensions, which Boeing hasnât offered to anyone hiredâŠ.
substack.perfectunion.us
IAM members voted by 64% to reject the contract.
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RT @MorePerfectUS: NEW: Salesforce invented a new way for companies to make money, and we're paying the price. Everything is a subscriptioâŠ.
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RT @StanfordPACS: Next up in our TCP Speaker Series, @HZeavin of @ucbhistory joins us to explore how midcentury metaphors of "hot" and "colâŠ.
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New book from LaborTech member Elizabeth Chiarello!. Policing Patients: Treatment and Surveillance on the Frontlines of the Opioid Crisis.
press.princeton.edu
An inside look at the culture of surveillance that pits healthcare providers against their patients
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Did you know LinkedIn is collecting user data to train their AI systems?. To opt out, click here:
linkedin.com
Login to LinkedIn to keep in touch with people you know, share ideas, and build your career.
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New publication from LaborTech members Devika Narayan and Benjamin Shestakofsky!. "Relationships That Matter: Four Perspectives on AI, Work, and Organizations".
journals.sagepub.com
The past decade has witnessed a surge of interest in how AI will transform work and organizations, presenting scholars with the difficult task of studying emerg...
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New publication from LaborTech member Azer Kılıç!. "Universal Basic Income as a Response to Automation? Attitudes of Human Translators Facing Neural Machine Translation".
journals.sagepub.com
How do professionals who may be at risk of job loss due to AI-driven automation view a universal basic income (UBI) as a policy response to technological unempl...
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New book from LaborTech member Tom Boellstorff and co-author Braxton Soderman. Intellivision: How a Videogame System Battled Atari and Almost Bankrupted Barbie.
mitpress.mit.edu
Astrosmash, Snafu, Star Strike, Utopiaâdo these names sound familiar to you? No? Maybe? They were all videogames created for the Intellivision videogame sy...
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MCF Summer School series: a virtual exploration of Dr. Angela Davisâs powerful book Freedom Is a Constant Struggle: Ferguson, Palestine and the Foundations of a Movement.
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Walmart Warehouse Workers Win First Union in Canada.
labornotes.org
Eight hundred workers near Toronto have won the first Walmart warehouse union in Canada or the U.S. âHonestly I was pretty nervous at first because I didnât want to lose my job,â said 29-year
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How Uber and Lyft Used a Loophole to Deny NYC Drivers Millions in Pay.
bloomberg.com
Uber and Lyft locked drivers out of their apps to game a NYC wage law, denying drivers millions in pay
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