Enlarge (credit: JIM WATSON/AFP) It’s no secret that Tesla CEO Elon Musk is annoyed with President Joe Biden. The president frequently fails to mention Tesla when discussing electric vehicle production in the US, instead referring to Ford’s and GM’s comparatively nascent efforts. Musk, who has a tendency to hurl juvenile insults, has called Biden a […]
Enlarge / A Google employee holds a sign during a walkout to protest how the tech giant handled sexual misconduct at Jackson Square Park in New York on Thursday, Nov. 1, 2018. (credit: Peter Foley/Bloomberg) For years, Google has attempted to kill employee-led unionization efforts under an initiative codenamed “Project Vivian. ” In the particular […]
Enlarge / Tech workers show support for Maren Costa (left) and Emily Cunningham (right) on Sept 16, 2021. (credit: Amazon Employees for Climate Justice ) Amazon has agreed to a settlement with two employees who alleged that they were illegally fired for speaking out about warehouse working conditions during the pandemic. “Amazon will be required […]
Enlarge (credit: Aurich Lawson / Ars Technica) Nearly a year ago, Amazon fired two employees who had criticized the company. The employees had publicly called on the company to do more to reduce its carbon footprint and had circulated a petition among Amazon employees supporting better compensation and support for warehouse workers. Now, the National […]
Expand / Sunset, from the Google empire. (charge: 400tmax | Getty Images) Google’s activities amid office organizing attempts, for instance, high profile firings of many workers, were prohibited offenses of the National Labor Relations Act, federal officials said this past week. The National Labor Relations Board filed a formal complaint (PDF) contrary to Google Wednesday, […]
A notable A.I. researcher has made Google, stating she had been fired for criticizing the firm ’so lack of dedication to diversity, preventing concerns regarding the firm ’s efforts to quiet criticism and argument. Timnit Gebru, that had been specialized co-lead of a Google staff that concentrated on A.I. integrity and algorithmic prejudice, composed on […]