0423.json

{
    "id": 451,
    "date": "2021/06/29",
    "sources": [
        "https://www.theverge.com/2021/6/29/22556436/whatsapp-spanish-language-content-moderators-contractor-equal-pay"
    ],
    "actions": [
        "open letter"
    ],
    "struggles": [
        "pay and benefits",
        "discrimination"
    ],
    "employment_types": [
        "inhouse workers",
        "contract workers"
    ],
    "description": "Spanish language content moderators and customer service representatives at WhatsApp sent an internal letter demanding the $2 premium paid to other bi-lingual moderators and backpay, which Spanish language contractors don't receive. The letter addressed the CEOs of Facebook, Accenture, and WhatsApp and circulated on Facebook's communication platform. Eighty-nine employees signed the letter. ",
    "online": true,
    "locations": [
        "austin-texas-usa"
    ],
    "companies": [
        "facebook",
        "accenture"
    ],
    "workers": 89,
    "tags": [
        "moderators"
    ],
    "author": [
        "hyatt d."
    ],
    "latlngs": [
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            -97.7455041
        ],
        [
            30.2658505,
            -97.7434222
        ]
    ],
    "addresses": [
        "Facebook, 300, West 6th Street, Downtown, Austin, Travis County, Texas, 78701, United States",
        "Accenture, 323, Congress Avenue, Downtown, Austin, Travis County, Texas, 78701, United States"
    ]
}