Amazon alleged in a legal filing published Friday morning that the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) is unconstitutional. SpaceX and Trader Joe’s — companies that, like Amazon, have repeatedly faced labor law violations from the federal agency — have recently made similar attacks that threaten national worker protections. This is just Amazon’s latest attempt to block union organizing … Read more
‘Embarrassing’: This Brooklyn college grad has 2 degrees, speaks 3 languages — but can’t even land a minimum wage retail job going store to store. Is the US labor market really that strong? It’s safe to say most young people don’t own a printer these days. But recent college graduates may find they need hard … Read more
Photo: Ian Dyball (Getty Images) Can’t we all just get along? Not if you’re an employee of the federal government. The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) just filed a lawsuit against the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) over a $1.45 billion tax bill stemming from the bailout of Silicon Valley Bank. Why Bitcoin won’t reach $1,000,000 … Read more
TORONTO — Canada’s largest media and telecom company said Thursday it is ending multiple television newscasts and making other programming cuts after its parent company announced 4,800 layoffs and the sale of 45 of its 103 regional radio stations. In an internal memo to Bell Media employees, it said news stations such as CTV and … Read more
Image: Jaap Arriens (Getty Images) The Federal Trade Commission isn’t happy with the outcome of Microsoft’s $68.7 billion acquisition of Activision Blizzard, telling a court on Wednesday that Microsoft’s recent layoffs contradict promises it made to get the merger approved. Warning! Microsoft Wants ChatGPT to Control Robots Next In a letter to the clerk of … Read more
PARIS — France’s new Prime Minister Gabriel Attal vowed Tuesday to boost employment, restore authority in the country’s schools and support workers including farmers who have been protesting for days over their eroding incomes. Three weeks after he was appointed by President Emmanuel Macron as France’s youngest-ever and first openly gay prime minister, Attal sought … Read more
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico — Puerto Rico’s government narrowly avoided an indefinite strike at the U.S. territory’s biggest public health institution after reaching an agreement Thursday with union leaders. The looming strike at the Medical Center in the capital of San Juan was scheduled to start Friday at midnight. It would have been the newest … Read more
The tech layoffs keep coming. Workers are anxious and frustrated, as more than 400,000 people are estimated to have lost jobs over the past two years. Younger workers, particularly Gen Z, are posting through it. People have been sharing day-in-the-life videos about being laid off—or videos of their company laying them off— for more than … Read more
Welcome to AI This Week, Gizmodo’s weekly deep dive on what’s been happening in artificial intelligence. Why is Everyone Suing AI Companies? | Future Tech For months, I’ve been harping on a particular point, which is that artificial intelligence tools—as they’re currently being deployed—are mostly good at one thing: Replacing human employees. The “AI revolution” … Read more
LONDON — Indian firm Tata Steel announced Friday it will close both blast furnaces at its plant in Port Talbot, Wales, eliminating 2,800 jobs, as part of plans to make its unprofitable U.K. operation leaner and greener. Tata plans to switch from coal-fired blast furnaces to electric arc furnaces, which emit less carbon — and … Read more