Trade Union

Unions 2, Apple 0: Cupertino caves after fresh strike threat

You're doin' fine, Oklahoma!

On-Prem25 Sep 2024 | 9

Actors can license AI voice clones in union deal

Thesps at least get final say on what their doppelgängers will say

AI + ML15 Aug 2024 | 7

Apple agrees to terms with US store union for first time

Funny what threatening to walk off the job and shutter a retail store can do

Personal Tech30 Jul 2024 | 11

Video game actors strike because they fear an attack of the AI clones

You wouldn't download a performer

AI + ML26 Jul 2024 | 45

South Korean Samsung union strikes again in bid to chip away at production

It'd be a shame if something happened to that HBM fab, warns NSEU

Personal Tech10 Jul 2024 | 1

Amazon Labor Union votes overwhelmingly to join forces with Teamsters in NYC

Hey Andy, how do you like them Big Apples?

Personal Tech18 Jun 2024 | 13

Samsung union stages its first ever strike – very politely

Members stop work – on a day many take off, anyway – in pursuit of better conditions

Legal07 Jun 2024 | 9

Hm! Boeing union just ran whistleblower rights training

Staff decibel level is high - and not just from all those jet engines

Personal Tech20 May 2024 | 21

As one Apple Store votes against forming union, another may go on strike

Staff in Maryland want better pay and steady schedules; New Jersey doesn't want to rock the boat

Personal Tech13 May 2024 | 14

Tesla accused of union buster bluster at Buffalo factory

Musk's motor biz? Monitoring labor activists? Surely not!

Personal Tech10 May 2024 | 25

Apple broke the law with anti-union tactics in NYC, labor watchdog barks

Interrogations, confiscating flyers, and prohibiting literature is no bueno, board says in final decision of 2022 case

Personal Tech08 May 2024 | 27

Amazon boss receives tap on wrist for statements breaking labor laws

Jass sass gets a pass

Legal02 May 2024 | 13

Samsung strikes trouble as unions threaten walkouts, regulator swoops

Oh great – another potential kink in the silicon supply chain

On-Prem11 Apr 2024 | 3

Tech trade union confirms cyberattack behind IT, email outage

Exclusive Systems have been pulled offline as a precaution

Cyber-crime25 Mar 2024 | 11

Seagate used bullying tactics to prevent union recognition, claims Unite

Staff at Northern Ireland facility voted in ballot that forces drivemaker's hand, union says

Storage01 Feb 2024 | 7

Cory Doctorow has a plan to wipe away the enshittification of tech

Opinion It's not just you – things really are getting worse

Off-Prem30 Jan 2024 | 159

Tencent, Meta, alliance reportedly strains over differing VR visions

Asia In Brief PLUS: Singapore union tackles Google, Alibaba, layoffs; Thai digital cash plan stalls; AI to consume bulk of APAC IT budgets

Personal Tech22 Jan 2024 | 2

Google illegally refusing to bargain with employee union, says NLRB

Updated Search giant told yet again that contractors still employees, must be bargained with

Legal04 Jan 2024 | 15

Microsoft partners with labor unions to shape and regulate AI

Redmond reassures AFL-CIO workers they won't be pushed out by technology

AI + ML11 Dec 2023 | 5

Swedish Tesla strike goes international as Norwegian and Danish unions join in

'He can't just make his own rules,' Danish labor leader says of Musk

Offbeat07 Dec 2023 | 177

Tesla sues Swedish government after worker rebellion cripples car biz

Updated Sparks fly as Elon's Musketeers sue for license plate liberation

Offbeat27 Nov 2023 | 160

Strike over? US actors may return to work with top-tier 'progressive AI protections'

Producers will need OK from performers, will pay them to create digi-personas

AI + ML13 Nov 2023 | 3

Google Bard AI contractors unionize amid anger over 'retaliatory' layoffs

Not actually our problem, says Chocolate Factory, but watchdog decides otherwise - again

AI + ML08 Nov 2023 | 3

Producers allegedly sought rights to replicate extras using AI, forever, for just $200

You wouldn't download an actor?!

AI + ML14 Jul 2023 | 165

Apple stomped all over NYC store workers' union rights, judge rules

Staff show up with the receipts – video footage of law-breaking bosses

Personal Tech21 Jun 2023 | 30

Apple sued for allegedly firing, threatening union organizers

iGiant urged to think different about workers' rights

Personal Tech29 Mar 2023 | 25

Tesla fires gigafactory staff after someone made the mistake of mentioning unions

From organizing plans to filing a watchdog complaint in just a day - that's gotta be some sort of record

Personal Tech16 Feb 2023 | 75

Workers who help Teslas become robots explore starting a union to avoid same fate

Elon Musk has already said he likes the idea of less human input into the data labelling process these folks drive

AI + ML15 Feb 2023 | 6

Glasgow staff form UK's first Apple union after historic vote

Hey, Glaswegians, care to share those negotiating secrets with your counterparts in the US?

Personal Tech09 Feb 2023 | 27

Amazon's attempt to crush New York union slapped down

Wouldn't it be a terrible shame if other warehouses now followed JFK8's footsteps

On-Prem12 Jan 2023 | 15

Doom QA testers form Microsoft's first labor union in the US

And the largest such group in the gaming industry, says Communications Workers of America

Offbeat04 Jan 2023 | 7

Apple 'created decoy labor group' to derail unionization

You're holding your staff meetings the wrong way

Personal Tech16 Dec 2022 | 35

Greater London wing of comms union urges BT workers to reject pay offer

No backdated pay, no allowances, no substantial rises for all grades, 'we feel it falls falls way short of your expectations'

Networks09 Dec 2022 | 11

Apple broke the law fighting Atlanta union, says NLRB

Hey Siri, is it illegal to pressure employees until they abandon organizing votes?

Personal Tech06 Dec 2022 | 4

Judge tells Amazon: Stop retaliating against employees

Pioneer Amazon union gets a boost, staffer still get the sack

Legal28 Nov 2022 | 8

Amazon CEO accused of trampling labor laws with anti-union comments

Surely staff organizing is Bias for Action and Think Big on those blasted leadership principles?

Personal Tech28 Oct 2022 | 16

Uber, Lyft stock decimated as US aims to classify gig workers as staff

About to get a lot trickier to justify contractor status for app-hired folks

Personal Tech11 Oct 2022 | 73

Amazon accused of singling out, harassing union organizers

Bosses' bad behavior may, just may, have derailed crucial warehouse vote

Bootnotes23 Sep 2022 | 42

Amazon fails to overturn New York City union election

National Labor Relations Board says company had not met the burden of proof for its objections

Legal02 Sep 2022 | 34

BT union announces 48-hour strike action in protest over pay

26,000 engineers and call center operators to down tools again this month

Networks12 Aug 2022 | 12

Workers win vote to form US Apple Store union

Results set to be ratified by labor board by end of the week

Personal Tech20 Jun 2022 | 20

Microsoft pledges neutrality on unions for Activision staff

Now can we just buy them, please?

Off-Prem13 Jun 2022 | 3

Activision to begin union negotiations with workers from Raven Software

Biz trying to clean up shop to close $68.7bn buyout by Microsoft

Personal Tech10 Jun 2022 | 11

46 years after the UN proclaimed the right to join a union, Microsoft sort of agrees

Redmond is open to its staff organizing, but feels they don't need to

Legal03 Jun 2022 | 40

As Microsoft's $70b takeover of Activision nears, workers step up their organizing

This week: Subsidiary's QA staff officially unionize, $18m settlement disputed, and more

Personal Tech26 May 2022 | 3

Apple's return-to-office plan savaged by staff

Why make us commute all the way into buildings where we're not allowed to talk to each other anyway, workers ask

On-Prem03 May 2022 | 74

Apple geniuses in Atlanta beat New York to the punch, file petition to unionize

Cannot confirm reports of Tim Cook on the Midnight Train to Georgia

Personal Tech21 Apr 2022 | 26

Big Apple Apple Store workers hope to form union

Amazon staff success spurs similar spirit in NYC for a sporting share of super-profits

Personal Tech19 Apr 2022 | 19

Union rejects latest BT pay offer, calls for ballot on industrial action

CWU wants 10% for members, cites biting inflation rises in UK

Networks08 Apr 2022 | 10

Amazon warehouse workers in New York unionize in historic win against web giant

White House chimes in: Folks 'in every state must have a free and fair choice' to unionize

Legal01 Apr 2022 | 99

Amazon accused of grossly underreporting COVID-19 cases to US labor agency

'Yes, we had nearly 20,000 cases last year but only 27 were directly work-related. Honestly.'

On-Prem01 Dec 2021 | 26

Google sued for firing staff who claim they tried to follow 'Don't be evil' motto

Civil complaint dovetails with ongoing litigation over alleged union busting

On-Prem01 Dec 2021 | 75

If at first Amazon doesn't let you succeed, try, try again: Warehouse workers given second chance at union vote

US watchdog tosses previous result in the trash after election fairness slammed

Personal Tech30 Nov 2021 | 24