Posted inAmazon.com Inc California Fines (Penalties) Labor and Jobs Law and Legislation Warehouses Amazon Is Fined Nearly $6 Million Over Warehouse Work Quotas California officials cited failures to disclose productivity requirements at two locations. The company said it would appeal. Posted by By Noam Scheiber
Posted inAmazon Labor Union Amazon.com Inc Delivery Services International Brotherhood of Teamsters Labor and Jobs O'Brien, Sean M Organized Labor Smalls, Christian Staten Island (NYC) Warehouses Amazon Union Workers Join Forces With the Teamsters An affiliation agreement between the Amazon Labor Union and the 1.3 million-member Teamsters signals an escalation in challenging the online retailer. Posted by By Noam Scheiber
Posted inArtificial Intelligence ChatGPT Computers and the Internet Labor and Jobs Nashville (Tenn) Productivity Small Business United States Economy Can A.I. Answer the Needs of Smaller Businesses? Some Push to Find Out. Artificial intelligence tools like ChatGPT are finding widest use at big companies, but there is wide expectation that the impact will spread. Posted by By Sydney Ember
Posted inChevron v Natural Resources Defense Council (Supreme Court Decision) Decisions and Verdicts Labor and Jobs National Labor Relations Board Organized Labor Regulation and Deregulation of Industry Starbucks Corporation Suits and Litigation (Civil) Supreme Court (US) Supreme Court Backs Starbucks Over ‘Memphis 7’ Union Case In a blow to the National Labor Relations Board, the justices cited inconsistent standards for courts to order employers to reinstate fired workers. Posted by By Santul Nerkar and Noam Scheiber