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Staten Island Amazon workers vote to unionize

Update: Amazon says it’s “disappointed” and “evaluating [its] options” following today’s vote. Full comment: “We’re disappointed with the outcome of the ele

Amazon worker-activists form international organization to demand change in warehouses

Amazon workers across the world are formalizing their activism with the creation of the Amazon Workers International. Its first action is a letter to Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos and Amazon Director of UK Cu

Microsoft will pay hourly workers regular wages even if their hours are reduced because of COVID-19 concerns

As more COVID-19 cases are identified in the United States, some companies are asking employees to work from home if possible. But that impacts the jobs of people who work in on-site operations, inclu

Wagestream closes $51M Series A to plug the payday gap without putting workers in debt

Getting your work wages on a monthly (not weekly nor biweekly) basis has become a more widespread trend as the price of running payrolls has gone up, and organizations’ cashflow has gone down. T

Mya raises $11.4M Series A to streamline recruiting for retail, warehouse and call center jobs

Recruiting is miserable. The experience lacks so many things: transparency, fairness, timeliness and so on that solutions to date have only addressed part of the problem. LinkedIn made the resume dig

Did you notice the big HP strike the other day?

<img src="http://www.crunchgear.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/01/strikehp.jpg" />Trouble at <a HREF="http://www.crunchgear.com/tag/hp/">HP</a>. The Public and Commercial Services Union in the UK called

Dell selling factories

The WSJ is reporting that Dell is looking to “sell most — and possibly all” of their factories within the next 18 months. The move, designed to cut costs, isn’t a sign of Dell throwing in