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Airbnb CEO says staff can ‘live and work anywhere’
Brian Chesky, CEO and Co-founder of Airbnb Mike Segar | Reuters Home-sharing platform Airbnb announced that it is planning to let its employees live and work wherever they want as other firms start to look beyond the coronavirus pandemic and bring staff back to the office. Brian Chesky, the company’s CEO and co-founder, revealed the […]
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Ford cuts 580 U.S. salaried and contract employees as it restructures to focus on EVs
Ford CEO Jim Farley at the company’s Dearborn, Michigan, plant where it’s building the electric F-150 Lightning on April 26, 2022. CNBC | Michael Wayland DETROIT – Ford Motor is cutting 580 U.S. salaried employees and agency workers as part of its ongoing Ford+ turnaround plan, the company confirmed Wednesday night. The cuts include approximately […]
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GM will start tying executive compensation to electric vehicle targets
General Motors Chairwoman and Chief Executive Officer Mary Barra speaks during a meeting hosted by U.S. President Joe Biden with private sector CEOs to discuss the Build Back Better agenda at the White House in Washington, U.S., January 26, 2022. Kevin Lamarque | Reuters DETROIT – General Motors will begin tying a “significant part” of […]
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Amazon won’t face OSHA penalties after warehouse collapse
The site of a roof collapse at an Amazon.com distribution center in Edwardsville, Illinois. Drone Base | Reuters The Labor Department has ordered Amazon to review how it responds to severe weather events following an investigation into a deadly warehouse collapse in Illinois last year but is not levying a citation with fines or other […]
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Amazon labor battle continues as union vote kicks off at second Staten Island warehouse
Demonstrators during an Amazon Labor Union (ALU) rally in the Staten Island borough of New York, U.S., on Sunday, April 24, 2022. Victor J. Blue | Bloomberg | Getty Images Amazon workers are casting their ballots on Monday as part of another high-stakes union drive at a warehouse on New York’s Staten Island. Roughly 1,500 […]
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Cuts to unemployment benefits didn’t spur jobs, says report
A “We’re Hiring” sign hangs on the front door of a toy store in Greenvale, New York, on Sept. 30, 2021. John Paraskevas/Newsday RM via Getty Images State cuts to pandemic unemployment benefits last summer had a small impact on hiring, suggesting enhanced funding for the unemployed didn’t play a big role in labor shortages, […]
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Starbucks’ union battle is getting aggressive and expensive, and Wall Street is backing away
Members react during Starbucks union vote in Buffalo, New York, U.S., December 9, 2021. Lindsay DeDario | Reuters When Starbucks announced Howard Schultz would return to the company as interim CEO, investors cheered. His first tenure as chief executive turned the company into a global brand and his second, years later, revived both the business […]
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Amazon launches $1 billion fund to invest in warehouse technologies
Robots transport goods to the employees in the warehouse of a logistics centre of the mail order company Amazon. Rolf Vennenbernd | dpa | Picture Alliance | Getty Images Amazon is launching a $1 billion fund that will back companies “of all stages” building supply chain, fulfillment and logistics technologies, the company announced Thursday. The […]
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Apple union organizers in Georgia say they were inspired by Amazon warehouse workers
Employees leading a unionization drive at an Apple retail store in Georgia were inspired by Amazon employees who tried to unionize a warehouse in Bessemer, Alabama, during the Covid pandemic. The remarks, which members of the Apple union organizing committee made in an interview with CNBC, show that the high-profile union drive at an Amazon […]
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Starbucks alleges baristas union intimidated workers in new complaints with the labor board
Michelle Eisen, a barista at the Buffalo, NY, Elmwood Starbucks location, the first Starbuck location to unionize, helps out the local Starbucks Workers United, employees of a local Starbucks, as they gather at a local union hall to cast votes to unionize or not, Wednesday, Feb. 16, 2022, in Mesa, Ariz. Ross D. Franklin | […]
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