Tagged With Labor Conditions

Amazon is facing a lawsuit that accuses it of violating civil rights laws by failing to protect Black, Brown, and immigrant warehouse workers from COVID-19 while looking out for its mostly white managers

Tyler Sonnemaker

Uber and Lyft just got hit with another lawsuit in California over claims the companies are skirting the state's gig worker law

Tyler Sonnemaker

15 organisers behind worker movements at Amazon, Google, Uber, Kickstarter, and other tech companies say the industry has reached an inflection point and that things aren't going back to the way they were before

Tyler Sonnemaker, Allana Akhtar

An Amazon warehouse worker in Minnesota is the latest employee to accuse the company of retaliation for speaking out about coronavirus safety concerns

Tyler Sonnemaker

Amazon is reportedly starting to check some warehouse employees for COVID-19 symptoms when they come into work

Tyler Sonnemaker

Massachusetts just became the second state to sue Uber and Lyft seeking to classify drivers as employees

Tyler Sonnemaker

Uber and Lyft drivers are now employees under California law, according to a new ruling from regulators

Tyler Sonnemaker

11 local news stations praised Amazon's health and safety practices but didn't tell viewers the company had provided the content

Tyler Sonnemaker

Amazon may have violated labour laws by firing worker involved in protest, New York attorney general says

Tyler Sonnemaker

Amazon is facing multiple inquiries from labour regulators into whether it unlawfully retaliated against workers who spoke out about its coronavirus response

Tyler Sonnemaker

Amazon reportedly tried to shut down a virtual event for workers to speak out about the company's coronavirus response by deleting employees' calendar invites

Tyler Sonnemaker

Uber and Lyft drivers claim the companies owe them more than $630 million in back wages by misclassifying drivers as contractors under California's new gig worker law

Tyler Sonnemaker

'In order to make a living I must put myself and my community in danger': Uber drivers say the company's inconsistent sick pay policy is pushing them to keep working — even if they get sick

Tyler Sonnemaker

Uber promised to pay drivers who couldn't work because of the coronavirus. But drivers say Uber has been closing their accounts after they seek sick pay, and then ignoring or rejecting their claims.

Tyler Sonnemaker

New York City has opened a human-rights probe into Amazon's firing of a warehouse worker who led a strike against the company over coronavirus safety concerns

Tyler Sonnemaker

New York's attorney general called Amazon's firing of a worker following a protest 'disgraceful' and is 'considering all legal options'

Tyler Sonnemaker

Amazon is reportedly keeping a New Jersey warehouse open for business after an employee tests positive for COVID-19

Tyler Sonnemaker

Full-time retail jobs have all but disappeared over the last decade, and workers have to get '2, 3, sometimes even 4 part-time jobs just to get by,' expert says

Irene Jiang

A man faces up to 3 years in prison after urinating on a Kellogg cereal conveyor belt, but it reveals an even more disturbing truth plaguing workers

Kate Taylor