diff --git a/README.md b/README.md index d8b517f54..6aa8b5ca3 100644 --- a/README.md +++ b/README.md @@ -20,11 +20,11 @@ The goal of this archive is to provide data and insights on organizing in the te - + - +
Last Updated12/11/2020 09:23PM12/11/2020 11:23PM
Number of documented actions330337
@@ -43,6 +43,66 @@ The goal of this archive is to provide data and insights on organizing in the te link + + + 2020-10-27 + + + A group of 30 Indian female engineers who were born into the Dalit case shared a statement with the Washington Post describing their experience of casteism and sexism in Silicon Valley. The group called for American corporations to adopt caste as a protected category, treated on the same terms as gender, race, and sexuality. + + + + + :link: + + + + + + + 2020-10-26 + + + British Uber drivers are launching a lawsuit in the Netherlands to protest the company's use of algorithms to fire workers. The App Drivers & Couriers Union (ADCU) claims there are over 1,000 cases of drivers being wrongfully fired and that this violates Article 22 of the GDPR. This Article grants technology users a right to an explanation for any automated decisions. + + + + + :link: + + + + + + + 2020-10-22 + + + A group of California Uber drivers sued the company for asking drivers to support Prop. 22 (a state proposition that would overrule attempts to classify gig workers as employees) through in-app messaging. The suit seeks an injunction that would stop the messages. The plaintiffs were active in the movement against Prop. 22. They claimed that the company's message that 72% of its drivers support Prop. 22 was false because that percentage was the result of company pressures (including workers' concerns that the company was surveilling their survey answers on the app). + + + + + :link: + + + + + + + 2020-10-22 + + + Amazon workers, organized by Amazon Employees for Climate Justice, are calling for a 15-minute work stoppage at warehouses across the country on Halloween in a push for paid time-off for voting on Election Day. + + + + + :link: + + + + 2020-10-17 @@ -51,7 +111,37 @@ The goal of this archive is to provide data and insights on organizing in the te Shipt shoppers are organizing a handful of actions in protest of Shipt’s new pay structure that began rolling out this month. The first action is happening from Saturday, Oct. 17 through Oct. 19, when workers are calling on their fellow Shipt shoppers to walk out and boycott the company. Organizers are asking for shoppers not to schedule any hours or accept any orders during that time. - + + + :link: + + + + + + + 2020-10-17 + + + Amazon Employees for Climate Justice organized a rally in Seattle to call for paid time off for workers to vote on Election Day. A few hundred people attended the rally according to CBS News. Amazon stated that managers have been instructed to approve time-off requests for voting. + + + + + :link: + + + + + + + 2020-10-14 + + + Amazon workers staged a vigil at Jeff Bezos' Beverly Hills mansion for fellow workers that had died as a result of working through the coronavirus pandemic. The event was organized by the Warehouse Worker Resource Center. + + + :link: @@ -66,7 +156,7 @@ The goal of this archive is to provide data and insights on organizing in the te More than 6,400 Amazon workers signed an internal petition calling for time off to vote for its entire workforce ahead of the 2020 U.S. Election. Other companies like Walmart, Apple, and Target have policies allowing for paid time off for voting. Amazon Employees for Climate Justice organized the petition. - + :link: @@ -81,7 +171,7 @@ The goal of this archive is to provide data and insights on organizing in the te At least 290 Facebook employees and contractors signed a petition demanding a 50% wage increase as hazard pay for site moderators who have been forced to return to the office by October 12th of this year. Additional demands include compensation for all costs related to COVID-19 testing and treatment, as well as additional time off and an expedited time off review process. Accenture, which hired the moderators as contractors, informed them on October 1st that they would have to return to their office in Austin, Texas. A Facebook spokesperson said the reason for the return was that "some of the most sensitive content can’t be reviewed from home". Full-time, directly hired Facebook employees don't have to return to the office until July 2021. - + :link: @@ -96,7 +186,7 @@ The goal of this archive is to provide data and insights on organizing in the te More than 60 Coinbase employees chose to leave the company, opting for a severance package, to protest CEO Brian Armstrong's assertion that employees should not participate in social activism in the workplace. This represents roughly 5% of the company's employees. This event follows several months of internal activism within the company after management failed to make a public statement on the Black Lives Matter movement. - + :link: @@ -111,7 +201,7 @@ The goal of this archive is to provide data and insights on organizing in the te Parcast, a Spotify-owned podcast company, announced a unionization effort back in September. Employees of the company chose to pursue unionization through the Writers Guild of America, East to call for greater diversity, equity, and inclusion at the company, as well as equitable pay, reasonable working hours, and overtime compensation. Parcast announced on October 6th that Spotify had chosen to voluntarily recognize the union. - + :link: @@ -126,7 +216,7 @@ The goal of this archive is to provide data and insights on organizing in the te Amazon workers, organized by the Congress of Essential Workers, protested in front of Jeff Bezos' Beverley Hills mansion, calling for improved working conditions under covid, hazard pay, and better health benefits. - + :link: @@ -141,7 +231,7 @@ The goal of this archive is to provide data and insights on organizing in the te 35 Amazon workers in Shakopee, Minnesota walked off the job to protest the firing of Farhiyo Warsame. The company alleged that the employee violated "time off task" policies but workers claim that the employee was fired for raising concerns about covid-related safety. - + :link: @@ -156,7 +246,7 @@ The goal of this archive is to provide data and insights on organizing in the te A group of cross-company organizers in tech have started a repository called "Tech Truths" that highlights incidents of discrimination in tech, including "discrimination by race, gender, sexual orientation, disability status, immigration status, and more". To date (10/7/2020), 107 different stories of discrimination have been shared and published. - + :link: @@ -171,7 +261,7 @@ The goal of this archive is to provide data and insights on organizing in the te Employees at Hootsuite succeeded in getting the company, a B-corporation, to drop its contract with U.S. ICE after protesting via social media and voicing their opposition internally to the company. A Tweet from a senior training specialist at Hootsuite, Sam Anderson, generated significant backlash within the industry, including from many social media managers at client companies. - + :link: @@ -186,7 +276,7 @@ The goal of this archive is to provide data and insights on organizing in the te Tech workers in the U.K. have started a union aimed at organizing a wide array of tech workers in the country. The United Tech and Allied Workers, a branch of the Communications Workers Union, offers legal counsel and representation at employment tribunals for its members. Under U.K. law, employees can join a union even if that union has not been recognized by their employer. In an interview with Vice, a member highlighted the union's "very broad definition of a tech worker", which spans white collar and blue collar labor. - + :link: @@ -201,7 +291,7 @@ The goal of this archive is to provide data and insights on organizing in the te A number of contractors for Google (employed through staffing firm Adecco) have filed a lawsuit alleging that confidentiality agreements with the company deprive them of basic legal rights, such as free speech. Contractors are prevented from discussing wages or working conditions, which they claim prohibit them from “disclosing violations of state and federal law, either within Google to their managers or outside Google to private attorneys or government officials”. The Sept. 21st filing with a California appeals court reverses a lower court decision, allowing the lawsuit to proceed. - + :link: @@ -216,7 +306,7 @@ The goal of this archive is to provide data and insights on organizing in the te Workers for delivery company Swiggy went on strike in a number of Indian cities including Hyderabad, Chennai, and Delhi to call for greater pay. They rallied outside of restaurants and prevented third-party companies from picking up orders. - + :link: @@ -231,7 +321,7 @@ The goal of this archive is to provide data and insights on organizing in the te Rideshare drivers protested in Abuja, Nigeria, calling for greater government oversight on pricing for apps like Uber and Bolt. Drivers threatened to go on strike within a week's time if the government did not respond to their demands. Drivers noted the disparity in prices between Abuja and other major cities in Nigeria and surrounding countries. Rising gas prices have also led to decreased profits for many drivers. Several organizations were involved: Abuja City Pilot Forum (ACPF), City Online Drivers Association (CODA) and the Online Hackney Practitioners Association of Nigeria (OHPAN). - + :link: @@ -246,7 +336,7 @@ The goal of this archive is to provide data and insights on organizing in the te 24 employees of tech non-profit Do Something walked off the job, calling for the resignation of current CEO Aria Finger. They have also sent two direct letters to the CEO and Board of Directors that have been shared on Twitter. Former employees shared experiences of racial discrimination and harassment via social media earlier this year. The letter states that Finger reacted to these posts by calling them untrue or "standard-issued American forms of microaggression and racism". Finger returned in August after a legal investigation did not find evidence of discrimination under her tenure. - + :link: @@ -261,7 +351,7 @@ The goal of this archive is to provide data and insights on organizing in the te Rideshare drivers in Lagos, Nigeria went on a one-week strike to protest new state regulations that added a fixed service tax to all trips. The agreement was reached between the companies, the Lagos state government, and the Professional E-hailing Drivers and Private Owners Association but did not include the National Union of Professional App-Based Workers, which union representatives claim was sidelined during negotiations due to its initial rejection of the proposal. - + :link: @@ -276,7 +366,7 @@ The goal of this archive is to provide data and insights on organizing in the te More than 300 Microsoft employees shared salary and pay bonus data in spreadsheet. A similar action took place last year. This year's survey asked whether employees identified as people of color or experienced discrimination because of their gender identity. Notably, 194 of 310 participants identified as people of color and 69 had experienced discrimination on the basis of gender identity. - + :link: @@ -291,7 +381,7 @@ The goal of this archive is to provide data and insights on organizing in the te More than 100 protesters, led by former Amazon worker Christian Smalls, placed a guillotine outside of Jeff Bezos' D.C. home to call on the company to raise minimum wages from $15 to $30/hour. - + :link: @@ -306,7 +396,7 @@ The goal of this archive is to provide data and insights on organizing in the te Foodora workers in Canada received a $3.5 million settlement after suing their employer for union busting. Foodora chose to leave Canada in April 2020 after the Ontario Labor Board voted to recognize the couriers as company employees. The Canadian Union of Postal Workers sued on behalf of the workers and declared that the settlement would be distributed between all Canadian Foodora employees. - + :link: @@ -321,7 +411,7 @@ The goal of this archive is to provide data and insights on organizing in the te Didi rideshare workers have started holding strikes in a number of Chinese cities including Suzhou, Nanjing, Nantong, and Zunyi City to protest high commission fees on the platform. Drivers in Zunyi City also issued a letter with 5 demands to their local government and transportation department. - + :link: @@ -336,7 +426,7 @@ The goal of this archive is to provide data and insights on organizing in the te Deliveroo workers in Sheffield, England kicked off two weeks of strike actions to demand higher pay and better working conditions, including the right to appeal terminations. The actions are designed to target companies, e.g. certain restaurants, that workers believe to be part of the exploitation. An outright strike was deemed too expensive by the workers, many of whom report working 60-70 hours a week to make ends meet. Actions will also include flyering and a demonstration. - + :link: @@ -351,7 +441,7 @@ The goal of this archive is to provide data and insights on organizing in the te Four former Google software engineers have filed a lawsuit in California claiming gender discrimination at the company and demanding that the company turn over sexist emails and memes created by two male company employees. The plaintiffs hope to mount a class action lawsuit against the company. - + :link: @@ -366,7 +456,7 @@ The goal of this archive is to provide data and insights on organizing in the te Pinterest employees staged a virtual walk out by posting messages to Slack and then logging off their work accounts, to protest the racial and gender discrimination brought to light by Ifeoma Ozoma and Aerica Shimizu Banks, and then again by Francoise Brougher. Workers also signed onto an online petition to CEO Ben Silberman calling for an end to discrimination and retaliation by the company. - + :link: @@ -381,7 +471,7 @@ The goal of this archive is to provide data and insights on organizing in the te After workers of N26 (digital bank) announced their intent to form a Works Council (Betriebsrat), management responded by issuing a legal injunction, banning 6 of the workers from partaking in formation of electoral committee. They forgot to include the service union Ver.di, so on August 13th, Ver.di chaired a meeting for N26 Operations GmbH, and workers voted for the first electoral committee. - + :link: @@ -396,7 +486,7 @@ The goal of this archive is to provide data and insights on organizing in the te Over 2,900 Belarusian tech workers, including top level management and investors, publicly signed onto an open letter calling the recent presidential elections a fraud. Signatories threatened to relocate their offices and investments outside of Belarus, stating that the atmosphere of fear and suppression was not conducive to a thriving technology sector. The letter denounced anti-democratic measures taken by the government, including the arrests of protesters and widespread Internet outages, and called for new elections, the release of those arrested, and freedom of press in the country. - + :link: @@ -411,7 +501,7 @@ The goal of this archive is to provide data and insights on organizing in the te A group of Black employees across tech companies have launched an initiative, Tech Can Do Better, to call for greater equity in the workplace. An Instagram account promotes the visibility and highlights the accomplishments of Black employees in tech. The group has also started an online pledge where workers can commit to "mak[ing] the changes needed to achieve equitable hiring, promotions, and compensation, mak[ing] significant Investment in social equity and driv[ing] advocacy for equitable legislation." - + :link: @@ -426,7 +516,7 @@ The goal of this archive is to provide data and insights on organizing in the te Several dozen Former Amazon workers held a protest outside of Jeff Bezos' New York City penthouse to call for greater protections for warehouse workers during the pandemic, along with the right to unionize and a national wealth tax on the top 3 percent of earners. The protest was organized by Christian Smalls, a former Amazon employee who was fired after organizing a walkout to protest the company's handling of coronavirus. Since then, Smalls has founded an organizedcalled the Congress of Essential Workers, dedicated to protecting workers during the pandemic. - + :link: @@ -441,7 +531,7 @@ The goal of this archive is to provide data and insights on organizing in the te A caravan of protestors demanding increased pay and COVID-19 protections disrupted business at an Amazon Distribution Center in the San Francisco Bay Area. The caravan was organized by Bay Area Amazonians. - + :link: @@ -456,7 +546,7 @@ The goal of this archive is to provide data and insights on organizing in the te Amazon workers and supporters blocked the entrance of a San Leandro warehouse for several hours in a call for improved coronavirus safety measures. - + :link: @@ -471,7 +561,7 @@ The goal of this archive is to provide data and insights on organizing in the te Whole Foods employees and local residents protested in front of a Cambridge location that turned away seven employees on June 25th for wearing masks with "Black Lives Matter" slogans. The event is part of a larger boycott that has been ongoing since the incident. Suverino Frith, one of the seven employees, spoke at the event and called on the company to live up to their "core values". - + :link: @@ -486,7 +576,7 @@ The goal of this archive is to provide data and insights on organizing in the te Amazon, Google, Uber, Lyft, and Postmates workers were reportedly among the "tens of thousands" of employees across the U.S. that took part in a protest of the country's long-standing systemic racism. Those that were unable to leave their jobs were encouraged to take an 8 minute, 46 second break (the amount of time a police officer knelt on George Floyd's neck) or to bend a knee in solidarity (a reference to protests by the NFL). The Washington Post reports that demonstrations took place in over 200 cities. - + :link: @@ -501,7 +591,7 @@ The goal of this archive is to provide data and insights on organizing in the te Employees at Google's Zurich office voted to recognize the Syndicom union as their employee representative. Employees first reached out to Syndicom after management failed to address their concerns over "Project Dragonfly", a search engine that would enable the Chinese government to censor certain results. Employee representatives function as consultants and do not engage in collective bargaining. - + :link: @@ -516,7 +606,7 @@ The goal of this archive is to provide data and insights on organizing in the te Github users have launched a campaign to pressure the company to drop its contracts with ICE. Users have changed their profile pictures to the company's mascot, Octocat, with a message reading "Drop ICE". - + :link: @@ -531,7 +621,7 @@ The goal of this archive is to provide data and insights on organizing in the te Shipt workers went on strike across the U.S. to protest the company's move to a new, less transparent algorithmic pay model that reduces their wages by 25-50%, according to reports. Workers also called for consumers to boycott the service. Shipt has more than 100,000 workers in the U.S. and is used by companies such as Target. Willy Solis, from the Gig Workers Collective, was the lead organizer for the event and used social media groups and word-of-mouth (encouraging each committed worker to recruit five additional participants) to drive the strike. - + :link: @@ -545,6 +635,21 @@ The goal of this archive is to provide data and insights on organizing in the te Thousands of delivery workers have engaged in a strike on Wednesday demanding better working conditions in more than 10 Brazilian capitals, as well as in cities in Argentina and Mexico. This was spurred by lack of health benefits in light of the covid-19 pandemic. The workers organized themselves outside the unions with broad popular support as they spread their movement through the internet using the hashtags #BrequeDosApps (brake the apps) and #YoNoReparto (I won’t deliver). Besides the risk of being exposed to the virus, workers report long working hours—often more than 14 hours a day—for increasingly low pay, without health insurance or labor rights. + + + + :link: + + + + + + + 2020-06-26 + + + The Supreme Court of Canada allowed a C$400 million lawsuit against Uber by its drivers to proceed. The lawsuit alleges that drivers are, in fact, company employees. + diff --git a/actions.csv b/actions.csv index 9a6552988..cfd370cae 100755 --- a/actions.csv +++ b/actions.csv @@ -295,37 +295,44 @@ 293,288,2020-06-23,['https://medium.com/@CoalitionForCriticalTechnology/abolish-the-techtoprisonpipeline-9b5b14366b16'],['open letter'],"['ethics', 'discrimination']",['white collar workers'],"Hundreds of expert researchers and practitioners across a variety of technical, scientific, and humanistic fields (including statistics, machine learning and artificial intelligence, law, sociology, history, communication studies and anthropology) sign a letter calling for a forthcoming publication entitled “A Deep Neural Network Model to Predict Criminality Using Image Processing”, to be rescinded from publication. The letter also urges for such research topics to not be published in the future.",True,None,['springer publishing'],600,"['blm', 'antiracism', 'academics']",['organizejs'],None,None 294,291,2020-06-23,"['https://www.npr.org/2020/06/23/881624553/pinterest-sounds-a-more-contrite-tone-after-black-former-employees-speak-out', 'https://twitter.com/IfeomaOzoma/status/1272546213322080258', 'https://twitter.com/erikashimizu/status/1272547227177713664']",['open letter'],"['ethics', 'discrimination']","['white collar workers', 'inhouse workers']","Two former Pinterest employees, both Black women, spoke out on Twitter about the racism they experienced in the workplace. One of the employees, Ifeoma Ozoma, said she was not being fairly paid according to company data. She also said she had to come up with a list of pros to defend promoting former slave plantations for wedding venues. After speaking out, a white employee of the company doxxed her, placing her personal contact information online. He was fired soon after. Another former employee, Aerica Shimizu Ban, said her expenses with Black organizations had been repeatedly questioned.",True,['usa'],['pinterest'],2,"['blm', 'antiracism']",['nataliyaned'],"[(37.774879, -122.39893244999999)]","['Pinterest, 149, Bluxome Street, South Beach, San Francisco, San Francisco City and County, California, 94017, United States of America']" 295,346,2020-06-26,['https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/uber-drivers-union-ufcw-toronto-1.5190766'],['union representation'],['working conditions'],['gig workers'],Approximately 300 Uber Black drivers in the Toronto area voted to unionize with the United Food and Commercial Workers (UFCW). ,None,['toronto-canada'],['uber'],300,['drivers'],['nataliyaned'],None,None -296,292,2020-07-01,"['https://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/07/04/braz-j04.html', 'https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=367281267582648']","['protest', 'strike']","['working conditions', 'pay and benefits']",['gig workers'],"Thousands of delivery workers have engaged in a strike on Wednesday demanding better working conditions in more than 10 Brazilian capitals, as well as in cities in Argentina and Mexico. This was spurred by lack of health benefits in light of the covid-19 pandemic. The workers organized themselves outside the unions with broad popular support as they spread their movement through the internet using the hashtags #BrequeDosApps (brake the apps) and #YoNoReparto (I won’t deliver). Besides the risk of being exposed to the virus, workers report long working hours—often more than 14 hours a day—for increasingly low pay, without health insurance or labor rights.",None,"['rio de janiero-brazil', 'são paulo-brazil', 'argentina', 'mexico']","['loggi', 'iFood', 'rappi', 'uber']",5000,"['coronavirus', 'delivery_workers']",['nataliyaned'],"[(-23.5408511, -46.767282173446574), (-21.2180398, -47.7985009230547), (47.2260752, 8.8172776), (-36.8691092, -60.1620626), (57.8680579, -5.1274406), (18.6534612, -91.8401158), (47.2269198, 8.8245459), (19.4290054, -99.1585188)]","['iFood, 1496, Avenida dos Autonomistas, Osasco, Região Imediata de São Paulo, Região Metropolitana de São Paulo, Região Geográfica Intermediária de São Paulo, São Paulo, Região Sudeste, 06020-010, Brasil', 'Parque Uber, Jardim Botânico, Ribeirão Preto, Região Imediata de Ribeirão Preto, Região Metropolitana de Ribeirão Preto, Região Geográfica Intermediária de Ribeirão Preto, São Paulo, Região Sudeste, Brasil', 'MI TIERRA AG - vinoteca argentina, 7, Alpenstrasse, Rapperswil-Jona, Wahlkreis See-Gaster, Sankt Gallen, 8640, Switzerland', 'Cristian Uber, Hinojo, Partido de Olavarría, Buenos Aires, 7318, Argentina', 'Loggie, Ullapool, Highland, Scotland, IV23 2SG, United Kingdom', 'Ifood, 61A, FRACC. MARINA DEL REY, Ciudad del Carmen, Carmen, Campeche, 24100, México', 'Rapperswil, Wahlkreis See-Gaster, Sankt Gallen, 8640, Switzerland', 'Uber, Calle Hamburgo, Juárez, Cuauhtémoc, Ciudad de México, 06600, México']" -297,306,2020-07-15,"['https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/v7gzd8/targets-gig-workers-will-strike-to-protest-switch-to-algorithmic-pay-model', 'https://www.marketwatch.com/story/target-owned-shipt-workers-strike-over-new-algorithm-based-compensation-that-they-say-will-lower-their-pay-11594842478', 'https://medium.com/@shiptshopper/shipt-walkoff-july-15th-dab1ee2c2571']","['protest', 'strike']",['pay and benefits'],['gig workers'],"Shipt workers went on strike across the U.S. to protest the company's move to a new, less transparent algorithmic pay model that reduces their wages by 25-50%, according to reports. Workers also called for consumers to boycott the service. Shipt has more than 100,000 workers in the U.S. and is used by companies such as Target. Willy Solis, from the Gig Workers Collective, was the lead organizer for the event and used social media groups and word-of-mouth (encouraging each committed worker to recruit five additional participants) to drive the strike.",None,['usa'],"['target', 'shipt']",None,['delivery_workers'],['nataliyaned'],"[(33.2469982, -117.29321092216239)]","['Target, San Luis Rey, Oceanside, San Diego County, California, United States of America']" -298,303,2020-07-20,['https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/m7jpgy/open-source-community-changing-github-avatars-drop-ice'],['protest'],['ethics'],['open source community'],"Github users have launched a campaign to pressure the company to drop its contracts with ICE. Users have changed their profile pictures to the company's mascot, Octocat, with a message reading ""Drop ICE"". ",True,None,"['github', 'microsoft']",None,"['ice', 'immigration']",['nataliyaned'],None,None -299,304,2020-07-20,['https://syndicom.ch/aktuell/artikel/bei-google-zuerich-bestimmen-die-zooglers-nun-mit/'],['union representation'],['working conditions'],"['white collar workers', 'inhouse workers']","Employees at Google's Zurich office voted to recognize the Syndicom union as their employee representative. Employees first reached out to Syndicom after management failed to address their concerns over ""Project Dragonfly"", a search engine that would enable the Chinese government to censor certain results. Employee representatives function as consultants and do not engage in collective bargaining. ",None,['zurich-switzerland'],['google'],None,None,['nataliyaned'],"[(47.3793085, 8.5307904)]","['Google, 1, Gustav-Gull-Platz, Langstrasse, Aussersihl, Zürich, Bezirk Zürich, Zürich, 8021, Switzerland']" -300,308,2020-07-20,"['https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/qj4zxx/amazon-google-and-lyft-workers-tell-us-why-theyre-striking-for-black-lives-matter', 'https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2020/07/20/strike-for-black-lives/']","['protest', 'strike']",['ethics'],['gig workers'],"Amazon, Google, Uber, Lyft, and Postmates workers were reportedly among the ""tens of thousands"" of employees across the U.S. that took part in a protest of the country's long-standing systemic racism. Those that were unable to leave their jobs were encouraged to take an 8 minute, 46 second break (the amount of time a police officer knelt on George Floyd's neck) or to bend a knee in solidarity (a reference to protests by the NFL). The Washington Post reports that demonstrations took place in over 200 cities.",None,['usa'],"['amazon', 'google', 'uber', 'lyft', 'postmates']",None,"['blm', 'antiracism']",['nataliyaned'],"[(47.6142939, -122.3239636), (42.3627717, -71.087257), (37.7899898, -122.3999799), (37.7759881, -122.3919991), (37.7753423, -122.39763106771915)]","['Amazon Go Grocery, 610, East Pike Street, Central Business District, First Hill, Seattle, King County, Washington, 98122, United States of America', 'Google, 355, Main Street, East Cambridge, Cambridge, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, 02142, United States of America', 'Uber, 555, Market Street, Financial District, San Francisco, San Francisco City and County, California, 94105, United States of America', 'Lyft, 185, Berry Street, South Beach, San Francisco, San Francisco City and County, California, 94107, United States of America', 'UserTesting, 690, 5th Street, South of Market, San Francisco, San Francisco City and County, California, 94017, United States of America']" -301,307,2020-07-26,['https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/boycott-continues-against-cambridge-whole-foods-that-sent-employees-home-for-black-lives-matter-masks/ar-BB16mPY2'],"['protest', 'strike']","['unfair labor practices', 'ethics']","['inhouse workers', 'blue collar workers']","Whole Foods employees and local residents protested in front of a Cambridge location that turned away seven employees on June 25th for wearing masks with ""Black Lives Matter"" slogans. The event is part of a larger boycott that has been ongoing since the incident. Suverino Frith, one of the seven employees, spoke at the event and called on the company to live up to their ""core values"". ",None,['cambridge-massachusetts-usa'],"['whole_foods', 'amazon']",None,"['antiracism', 'blm']",['nataliyaned'],"[(42.3651852, -71.1042178)]","['Amazon Pickup, 1, Magazine Street, Central Square, Cambridgeport, Cambridge, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, 02139, United States of America']" -302,348,2020-08-01,"['https://www.berkeleyside.com/2020/10/13/amazon-workers-want-to-unionize-their-east-bay-warehouse', 'https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LpSrDtHhKVs']",['protest'],['working conditions'],"['blue collar workers', 'inhouse workers']",Amazon workers and supporters blocked the entrance of a San Leandro warehouse for several hours in a call for improved coronavirus safety measures.,True,['san leandro-california-usa'],['amazon'],None,"['coronavirus', 'drivers']",['nataliyaned'],None,None -303,299,2020-08-01,['https://www.vice.com/en_au/article/ep4qdz/amazon-workers-blocked-delivery-trucks-from-leaving-a-warehouse-for-hours'],"['strike', 'protest']",['pay and benefits'],"['inhouse workers', 'blue collar workers']",A caravan of protestors demanding increased pay and COVID-19 protections disrupted business at an Amazon Distribution Center in the San Francisco Bay Area. The caravan was organized by Bay Area Amazonians.,None,['San-Leandro-California-USA'],['amazon'],30,['coronavirus'],None,None,None -304,302,2020-08-09,"['https://www.news.com.au/finance/work/at-work/fired-amazon-workers-stage-protest-outside-jeff-bezos-mansion/news-story/e5d5dcaa060c59496d09b96c094982bd', 'https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/technology/protest-held-in-front-of-jeff-bezos-penthouse-in-new-york/vi-BB17Nfe9', 'https://twitter.com/mollycrabapple/status/1292565661517062150']",['protest'],"['pay and benefits', 'unfair labor practices', 'working conditions']","['blue collar workers', 'inhouse workers']","Several dozen Former Amazon workers held a protest outside of Jeff Bezos' New York City penthouse to call for greater protections for warehouse workers during the pandemic, along with the right to unionize and a national wealth tax on the top 3 percent of earners. The protest was organized by Christian Smalls, a former Amazon employee who was fired after organizing a walkout to protest the company's handling of coronavirus. Since then, Smalls has founded an organizedcalled the Congress of Essential Workers, dedicated to protecting workers during the pandemic. ",None,['new york city-new york-usa'],['amazon'],24,['coronavirus'],['nataliyaned'],"[(40.722465, -73.9977307)]","['Amazon, 72, Spring Street, Little Italy, Manhattan Community Board 2, Manhattan, New York County, New York, 10013, United States of America']" -305,338,2020-08-12,"['https://www.printmag.com/post/tech-can-do-better-an-industry-wide-wake-up-call', 'https://www.instagram.com/techcandobetter/', 'https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSck1JZR5FdfWbRB7OOgCPBCVGIS0kB-zLHN-Q3J6PZORRUP3w/viewform']",['resources'],['discrimination'],"['white collar workers', 'inhouse workers']","A group of Black employees across tech companies have launched an initiative, Tech Can Do Better, to call for greater equity in the workplace. An Instagram account promotes the visibility and highlights the accomplishments of Black employees in tech. The group has also started an online pledge where workers can commit to ""mak[ing] the changes needed to achieve equitable hiring, promotions, and compensation, mak[ing] significant Investment in social equity and driv[ing] advocacy for equitable legislation.""",True,None,None,None,"['antiracism', 'blm', 'industry_solidarity']",['nataliyaned'],None,None -306,312,2020-08-12,"['https://qz.com/1894241/belaruss-crackdown-could-squash-minsks-budding-tech-sector/', 'https://dev.by/news/otkrytoe-pismo-it-kompanii']",['open letter'],['ethics'],"['white collar workers', 'inhouse workers', 'contract workers']","Over 2,900 Belarusian tech workers, including top level management and investors, publicly signed onto an open letter calling the recent presidential elections a fraud. Signatories threatened to relocate their offices and investments outside of Belarus, stating that the atmosphere of fear and suppression was not conducive to a thriving technology sector. The letter denounced anti-democratic measures taken by the government, including the arrests of protesters and widespread Internet outages, and called for new elections, the release of those arrested, and freedom of press in the country. ",True,['belarus'],None,2900,['politics'],['nataliyaned'],"[(53.4250605, 27.6971358)]",['Беларусь'] -307,309,2020-08-13,"['https://www.cnbc.com/2020/08/13/german-digital-bank-n26-faces-outcry-from-staff-over-management.html', 'https://www.finextra.com/newsarticle/36392/n26-faces-off-with-employees-over-works-council', 'https://www.fintechfutures.com/2020/08/n26-founders-obtain-injunction-against-works-council/', 'https://twitter.com/worker291/status/1293830980172689410']","['union representation', 'open letter', 'union drive']","['working conditions', 'pay and benefits', 'unfair labor practices']","['white collar workers', 'contract workers']","After workers of N26 (digital bank) announced their intent to form a Works Council (Betriebsrat), management responded by issuing a legal injunction, banning 6 of the workers from partaking in formation of electoral committee. They forgot to include the service union Ver.di, so on August 13th, Ver.di chaired a meeting for N26 Operations GmbH, and workers voted for the first electoral committee.",None,['berlin-germany'],['N26'],20,None,['Worker26'],"[(52.5170365, 13.3888599)]","['Berlin, 10117, Deutschland']" -308,310,2020-08-14,"['https://www.nytimes.com/2020/08/14/technology/pinterest-walkout-equality.html', 'https://techcrunch.com/2020/08/14/pinterest-employees-are-walking-out-today-in-light-of-discrimination-allegations/', 'https://www.theverge.com/2020/8/14/21369035/pinterest-virtual-walkout-protest-discrimination-slack-blind', 'https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/2020/08/13/pinterest-workers-walk-out-calling-end-workplace-bias/3369999001/']","['protest', 'open letter', 'strike']",['discrimination'],"['white collar workers', 'inhouse workers']","Pinterest employees staged a virtual walk out by posting messages to Slack and then logging off their work accounts, to protest the racial and gender discrimination brought to light by Ifeoma Ozoma and Aerica Shimizu Banks, and then again by Francoise Brougher. Workers also signed onto an online petition to CEO Ben Silberman calling for an end to discrimination and retaliation by the company.",True,None,['pinterest'],236,"['antiracism', 'blm']",None,None,None -309,321,2020-08-19,"['https://www.law360.com/articles/1302356/ex-google-workers-want-sexist-emails-memes-turned-over', 'https://www.lieffcabraser.com/2020/08/ex-google-workers-want-sexist-emails-meme-messages-turned-over-in-google-gender-discrimination-suit/']",['legal action'],['discrimination'],"['white collar workers', 'inhouse workers']",Four former Google software engineers have filed a lawsuit in California claiming gender discrimination at the company and demanding that the company turn over sexist emails and memes created by two male company employees. The plaintiffs hope to mount a class action lawsuit against the company.,None,['san francisco-california-usa'],['google'],4,['sexism'],['nataliyaned'],"[(37.41897865, -122.08237793989416)]","['Google, Mountain View, Santa Clara County, California, United States of America']" -310,320,2020-08-19,['https://leftfootforward.org/2020/08/give-us-better-pay-and-conditions-say-sheffield-deliveroo-drivers/'],"['protest', 'strike']","['pay and benefits', 'working conditions']",['gig workers'],"Deliveroo workers in Sheffield, England kicked off two weeks of strike actions to demand higher pay and better working conditions, including the right to appeal terminations. The actions are designed to target companies, e.g. certain restaurants, that workers believe to be part of the exploitation. An outright strike was deemed too expensive by the workers, many of whom report working 60-70 hours a week to make ends meet. Actions will also include flyering and a demonstration.",None,['sheffield-uk'],['deliveroo'],None,['delivery_workers'],['nataliyaned'],None,None -311,317,2020-08-22,['https://mp.weixin.qq.com/s/bvbmlUIPatMX4xzDvwU8FQ'],"['protest', 'open letter', 'strike']",['pay and benefits'],['gig workers'],"Didi rideshare workers have started holding strikes in a number of Chinese cities including Suzhou, Nanjing, Nantong, and Zunyi City to protest high commission fees on the platform. Drivers in Zunyi City also issued a letter with 5 demands to their local government and transportation department. ",None,"['suzhou-china', 'nanjing-china', 'nantong-china', 'zunyi-china']",['didi'],None,None,['nataliyaned'],None,None -312,319,2020-08-26,['https://rabble.ca/news/2020/08/former-foodora-workers-receive-closure-346-million-settlement'],['legal action'],['unfair labor practices'],['gig workers'],Foodora workers in Canada received a $3.5 million settlement after suing their employer for union busting. Foodora chose to leave Canada in April 2020 after the Ontario Labor Board voted to recognize the couriers as company employees. The Canadian Union of Postal Workers sued on behalf of the workers and declared that the settlement would be distributed between all Canadian Foodora employees.,None,['canada'],['foodora'],2000,['delivery_workers'],['nataliyaned'],None,None -313,318,2020-08-28,['https://www.businessinsider.in/tech/news/protesters-set-up-a-guillotine-outside-jeff-bezos-mansion-and-demanded-higher-wages-for-amazon-workers-after-the-ceos-net-worth-surpassed-200-billion/amp_articleshow/77794471.cms'],['protest'],['pay and benefits'],"['blue collar workers', 'inhouse workers']","More than 100 protesters, led by former Amazon worker Christian Smalls, placed a guillotine outside of Jeff Bezos' D.C. home to call on the company to raise minimum wages from $15 to $30/hour. ",None,['washington_dc-usa'],['amazon'],101,['coronavirus'],['nataliyaned'],None,None -314,316,2020-08-31,['https://onezero.medium.com/leaked-salary-spreadsheet-reveals-microsoft-employee-earnings-for-a-second-year-d1466132d309'],"['protest', 'resources']","['pay and benefits', 'discrimination']","['white collar workers', 'inhouse workers']","More than 300 Microsoft employees shared salary and pay bonus data in spreadsheet. A similar action took place last year. This year's survey asked whether employees identified as people of color or experienced discrimination because of their gender identity. Notably, 194 of 310 participants identified as people of color and 69 had experienced discrimination on the basis of gender identity.",True,['usa'],['microsoft'],310,"['antiracism', 'salary sharing']",['nataliyaned'],"[(35.139622349999996, -80.92306993327955)]","['Microsoft, Ayrsley, Charlotte, Mecklenburg County, North Carolina, United States of America']" -315,328,2020-08-31,"['https://guardian.ng/news/uber-bolt-drivers-begin-one-week-strike-in-lagos/', 'https://guardian.ng/news/e-hailing-drivers-reject-reviewed-lagos-ride-hailing-regulation/']",['strike'],['pay and benefits'],['gig workers'],"Rideshare drivers in Lagos, Nigeria went on a one-week strike to protest new state regulations that added a fixed service tax to all trips. The agreement was reached between the companies, the Lagos state government, and the Professional E-hailing Drivers and Private Owners Association but did not include the National Union of Professional App-Based Workers, which union representatives claim was sidelined during negotiations due to its initial rejection of the proposal. ",None,['lagos-nigeria'],"['uber', 'bolt']",None,['drivers'],['nataliyaned'],"[(6.45269435, 3.4498998)]","['Uber Nigeria HQ, 2, Onikoyi Road, Ikoyi, Okepa, Eti Osa, Lagos, 20050, Nigeria']" -316,326,2020-09-08,['https://www.vice.com/en/article/g5p9nb/employees-of-social-change-nonprofit-stage-walkout-to-protest-racial-abuse'],"['protest', 'strike', 'open letter']",['discrimination'],"['white collar workers', 'inhouse workers']","24 employees of tech non-profit Do Something walked off the job, calling for the resignation of current CEO Aria Finger. They have also sent two direct letters to the CEO and Board of Directors that have been shared on Twitter. Former employees shared experiences of racial discrimination and harassment via social media earlier this year. The letter states that Finger reacted to these posts by calling them untrue or ""standard-issued American forms of microaggression and racism"". Finger returned in August after a legal investigation did not find evidence of discrimination under her tenure. ",True,None,['do something'],24,"['antiracism', 'blm']",['nataliyaned'],None,None -317,327,2020-09-15,['https://www.sunnewsonline.com/uber-bolt-drivers-protest-static-fares-in-abuja/'],['protest'],['pay and benefits'],['gig workers'],"Rideshare drivers protested in Abuja, Nigeria, calling for greater government oversight on pricing for apps like Uber and Bolt. Drivers threatened to go on strike within a week's time if the government did not respond to their demands. Drivers noted the disparity in prices between Abuja and other major cities in Nigeria and surrounding countries. Rising gas prices have also led to decreased profits for many drivers. Several organizations were involved: Abuja City Pilot Forum (ACPF), City Online Drivers Association (CODA) and the Online Hackney Practitioners Association of Nigeria (OHPAN).",None,['abuja-nigeria'],"['uber', 'bolt']",None,['drivers'],['nataliyaned'],None,None -318,329,2020-09-16,"['https://www.deccanchronicle.com/amp/nation/current-affairs/160920/swiggy-workers-go-on-strike-in-hyderabad-demand-revised-charges.html', 'https://www.newsclick.in/swiggy-employees-strike']",['strike'],['pay and benefits'],['gig workers'],"Workers for delivery company Swiggy went on strike in a number of Indian cities including Hyderabad, Chennai, and Delhi to call for greater pay. They rallied outside of restaurants and prevented third-party companies from picking up orders.",None,"['hyderabad-india', 'chennai-india', 'delhi-india']",['swiggy'],3000,['delivery_workers'],['nataliyaned'],None,None -319,332,2020-09-21,"['https://www.cnbc.com/2020/10/01/google-contractors-allege-ndas-violate-free-speech-laws.html', 'https://www.courts.ca.gov/opinions/documents/A157097.PDF']",['legal action'],['unfair labor practices'],['contract workers'],"A number of contractors for Google (employed through staffing firm Adecco) have filed a lawsuit alleging that confidentiality agreements with the company deprive them of basic legal rights, such as free speech. Contractors are prevented from discussing wages or working conditions, which they claim prohibit them from “disclosing violations of state and federal law, either within Google to their managers or outside Google to private attorneys or government officials”. The Sept. 21st filing with a California appeals court reverses a lower court decision, allowing the lawsuit to proceed. ",None,['san francisco-california-usa'],"['google', 'adecco']",None,None,['nataliyaned'],"[(37.41897865, -122.08237793989416), (40.572519, -122.3505599)]","['Google, Mountain View, Santa Clara County, California, United States of America', 'Adecco, 1080, East Cypress Avenue, Enterprise, Redding, Shasta County, California, 96002, United States of America']" -320,330,2020-09-22,['https://www.vice.com/amp/en_us/article/g5p333/uk-tech-workers-launch-first-national-effort-to-unionize-tech-industry'],['union drive'],['working conditions'],"['blue collar workers', 'white collar workers', 'inhouse workers']","Tech workers in the U.K. have started a union aimed at organizing a wide array of tech workers in the country. The United Tech and Allied Workers, a branch of the Communications Workers Union, offers legal counsel and representation at employment tribunals for its members. Under U.K. law, employees can join a union even if that union has not been recognized by their employer. In an interview with Vice, a member highlighted the union's ""very broad definition of a tech worker"", which spans white collar and blue collar labor.",None,['uk'],"['google', 'amazon', 'microsoft', 'samsung', 'deliveroo']",30,['industry_solidarity'],['nataliyaned'],"[(51.5333771, -0.1258455), (51.4669891, 0.3527505), (51.5149845, -0.1421889), (53.7989164, -1.541806), (51.5314216, -0.1113624)]","['Google, 6, Pancras Road, London Borough of Camden, London, Greater London, England, N1C 4BJ, United Kingdom', 'Amazon, Gaylor Road, Tilbury, Thurrock, East of England, England, RM18 7AS, United Kingdom', 'Microsoft Store, Regent Street, Fitzrovia, City of Westminster, London, Greater London, England, W1B 2EP, United Kingdom', 'Samsung, 89-91, Briggate, Steander, Lovell Park, Leeds, West Yorkshire, Yorkshire and the Humber, England, LS1 6NP, United Kingdom', 'Deliveroo, Pentonville Road, Pentonville, Finsbury, London Borough of Islington, London, Greater London, England, N1 9JB, United Kingdom']" -321,331,2020-09-23,"['https://www.forbes.com/sites/rachelsandler/2020/09/24/hootsuite-drops-ice-contract-after-employee-backlash/#714f8e261c50', 'https://www.vice.com/en/article/jgx75b/hootsuite-denied-providing-tech-to-ice-this-contract-shows-that-it-did']",['protest'],['ethics'],"['white collar workers', 'inhouse workers']","Employees at Hootsuite succeeded in getting the company, a B-corporation, to drop its contract with U.S. ICE after protesting via social media and voicing their opposition internally to the company. A Tweet from a senior training specialist at Hootsuite, Sam Anderson, generated significant backlash within the industry, including from many social media managers at client companies. ",True,None,['hootsuite'],100,['ice'],['nataliyaned'],None,None -322,337,2020-09-28,"['https://discotech.tech/techtruths', 'https://twitter.com/discotechorg/status/1310613703126114304?s=19']",['resources'],['na'],"['white collar workers', 'inhouse workers']","A group of cross-company organizers in tech have started a repository called ""Tech Truths"" that highlights incidents of discrimination in tech, including ""discrimination by race, gender, sexual orientation, disability status, immigration status, and more"". To date (10/7/2020), 107 different stories of discrimination have been shared and published.",True,None,None,107,"['antiracism', 'blm', 'industry_solidarity']",['nataliyaned'],None,None -323,333,2020-10-01,"['https://workdayminnesota.org/thursday-night-shakopee-amazon-workers-walked-out-in-protest-of-worker-firing/', 'https://twitter.com/athenaforall/status/1312080698140962818?s=20']",['protest'],['working conditions'],"['blue collar workers', 'inhouse workers']","35 Amazon workers in Shakopee, Minnesota walked off the job to protest the firing of Farhiyo Warsame. The company alleged that the employee violated ""time off task"" policies but workers claim that the employee was fired for raising concerns about covid-related safety.",None,['shakopee-minnesota-usa'],['amazon'],35,['coronavirus'],['nataliyaned'],"[(44.78839255, -93.44285005008032)]","['Amazon Sortation Center MSP5, 5825, 11th Avenue East, Barden, Shakopee, Scott County, Minnesota, 55379, United States of America']" -324,336,2020-10-04,['https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2020-10-04/amazon-jeff-bezos-protest-beverly-hills'],['protest'],"['working conditions', 'pay and benefits']","['blue collar workers', 'inhouse workers']","Amazon workers, organized by the Congress of Essential Workers, protested in front of Jeff Bezos' Beverley Hills mansion, calling for improved working conditions under covid, hazard pay, and better health benefits. ",None,['los angeles-california-usa'],['amazon'],100,['coronavirus'],['nataliyaned'],"[(33.976708, -118.41819837607494)]","['Whole Foods Market, West Jefferson Boulevard, Playa Vista, Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, California, 90094, United States of America']" -325,335,2020-10-05,"['https://www.theverge.com/2020/9/2/21417146/parcast-spotify-union-writers-guild-america-east', 'https://twitter.com/ParcastUnion/status/1313555636651655170?s=19']",['union representation'],['unfair labor practices'],"['white collar workers', 'inhouse workers']","Parcast, a Spotify-owned podcast company, announced a unionization effort back in September. Employees of the company chose to pursue unionization through the Writers Guild of America, East to call for greater diversity, equity, and inclusion at the company, as well as equitable pay, reasonable working hours, and overtime compensation. Parcast announced on October 6th that Spotify had chosen to voluntarily recognize the union. ",None,None,"['spotify', 'parcast']",None,None,['nataliyaned'],None,None -326,341,2020-10-08,"['https://www.wired.com/story/turmoil-black-lives-matter-political-speech-coinbase/', 'https://www.forbes.com/sites/rachelsandler/2020/10/08/60-employees-leave-coinbase-over-ceos-pledge-to-be-apolitical/#5e0848325a06', 'https://blog.coinbase.com/coinbase-is-a-mission-focused-company-af882df8804?gi=e4cb4315d1e5']",['protest'],"['ethics', 'discrimination']","['white collar workers', 'inhouse workers']","More than 60 Coinbase employees chose to leave the company, opting for a severance package, to protest CEO Brian Armstrong's assertion that employees should not participate in social activism in the workplace. This represents roughly 5% of the company's employees. This event follows several months of internal activism within the company after management failed to make a public statement on the Black Lives Matter movement.",True,['san francisco-california-usa'],['coinbase'],60,"['antiracism', 'blm']",['nataliyaned'],None,None -327,340,2020-10-10,['https://www.vice.com/amp/en_us/article/z3ejzx/facebook-workers-sign-petition-demanding-hazard-pay-for-content-moderators-who-have-to-go-back-to-the-office'],['open letter'],['unfair labor practices'],['contract workers'],"At least 290 Facebook employees and contractors signed a petition demanding a 50% wage increase as hazard pay for site moderators who have been forced to return to the office by October 12th of this year. Additional demands include compensation for all costs related to COVID-19 testing and treatment, as well as additional time off and an expedited time off review process. Accenture, which hired the moderators as contractors, informed them on October 1st that they would have to return to their office in Austin, Texas. A Facebook spokesperson said the reason for the return was that ""some of the most sensitive content can’t be reviewed from home"". Full-time, directly hired Facebook employees don't have to return to the office until July 2021. ",True,None,"['accenture', 'facebook']",290,"['coronavirus', 'moderators', 'coworker_solidarity']",['nataliyaned'],None,None -328,347,2020-10-13,"['https://www.nbcnews.com/news/amp/ncna1243217', 'https://www.kmov.com/thousands-of-workers-petition-amazon-for-paid-time-off-to-vote/article_c29297aa-e08d-5aae-b887-75b506e79fef.html', 'https://www.cbsnews.com/news/amazon-workers-petition-election-day-holiday-paid-time-off/', 'https://amazonemployees4climatejustice.medium.com/jeff-bezos-give-all-amazon-workers-pto-to-vote-dc0003434d65']",['open letter'],"['unfair labor practices', 'ethics']","['blue collar workers', 'inhouse workers']","More than 6,400 Amazon workers signed an internal petition calling for time off to vote for its entire workforce ahead of the 2020 U.S. Election. Other companies like Walmart, Apple, and Target have policies allowing for paid time off for voting. Amazon Employees for Climate Justice organized the petition.",True,['usa'],['amazon'],6400,['politics'],['nataliyaned'],"[(47.6142939, -122.3239636)]","['Amazon Go Grocery, 610, East Pike Street, Central Business District, First Hill, Seattle, King County, Washington, 98122, United States of America']" -329,344,2020-10-17,['https://techcrunch.com/2020/09/29/shipt-shoppers-are-organizing-a-walkout-in-protest-of-new-pay-model/\nhttps://news.trust.org/item/20201016131049-xq8h3\nhttps://thehill.com/policy/technology/521290-shipt-workers-organize-most-targeted-protest-yet-over-new-pay-model'],"['strike', 'protest']",['pay and benefits'],"['blue collar workers', 'contract workers', 'gig workers']","Shipt shoppers are organizing a handful of actions in protest of Shipt’s new pay structure that began rolling out this month. The first action is happening from Saturday, Oct. 17 through Oct. 19, when workers are calling on their fellow Shipt shoppers to walk out and boycott the company. Organizers are asking for shoppers not to schedule any hours or accept any orders during that time.",None,['usa'],"['target', 'shipt']",None,['delivery_workers'],['anonymous'],"[(33.2469982, -117.29321092216239)]","['Target, San Luis Rey, Oceanside, San Diego County, California, United States of America']" +296,353,2020-06-26,['https://www.politico.com/news/2020/06/26/supreme-court-canada-uber-lawsuit-341644'],['legal action'],"['pay and benefits', 'unfair labor practices']",['gig workers'],"The Supreme Court of Canada allowed a C$400 million lawsuit against Uber by its drivers to proceed. The lawsuit alleges that drivers are, in fact, company employees.",None,['canada'],['uber'],None,['drivers'],['nataliyaned'],"[(42.9833851, -81.2513098)]","['Uber, Dundas Street, Wortley Village, London, Southwestern Ontario, Ontario, N6A 1G2, Canada']" +297,292,2020-07-01,"['https://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/07/04/braz-j04.html', 'https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=367281267582648']","['protest', 'strike']","['working conditions', 'pay and benefits']",['gig workers'],"Thousands of delivery workers have engaged in a strike on Wednesday demanding better working conditions in more than 10 Brazilian capitals, as well as in cities in Argentina and Mexico. This was spurred by lack of health benefits in light of the covid-19 pandemic. The workers organized themselves outside the unions with broad popular support as they spread their movement through the internet using the hashtags #BrequeDosApps (brake the apps) and #YoNoReparto (I won’t deliver). Besides the risk of being exposed to the virus, workers report long working hours—often more than 14 hours a day—for increasingly low pay, without health insurance or labor rights.",None,"['rio de janiero-brazil', 'são paulo-brazil', 'argentina', 'mexico']","['loggi', 'iFood', 'rappi', 'uber']",5000,"['coronavirus', 'delivery_workers']",['nataliyaned'],"[(-23.5408511, -46.767282173446574), (-21.2180398, -47.7985009230547), (47.2260752, 8.8172776), (-36.8691092, -60.1620626), (57.8680579, -5.1274406), (18.6534612, -91.8401158), (47.2269198, 8.8245459), (19.4290054, -99.1585188)]","['iFood, 1496, Avenida dos Autonomistas, Osasco, Região Imediata de São Paulo, Região Metropolitana de São Paulo, Região Geográfica Intermediária de São Paulo, São Paulo, Região Sudeste, 06020-010, Brasil', 'Parque Uber, Jardim Botânico, Ribeirão Preto, Região Imediata de Ribeirão Preto, Região Metropolitana de Ribeirão Preto, Região Geográfica Intermediária de Ribeirão Preto, São Paulo, Região Sudeste, Brasil', 'MI TIERRA AG - vinoteca argentina, 7, Alpenstrasse, Rapperswil-Jona, Wahlkreis See-Gaster, Sankt Gallen, 8640, Switzerland', 'Cristian Uber, Hinojo, Partido de Olavarría, Buenos Aires, 7318, Argentina', 'Loggie, Ullapool, Highland, Scotland, IV23 2SG, United Kingdom', 'Ifood, 61A, FRACC. MARINA DEL REY, Ciudad del Carmen, Carmen, Campeche, 24100, México', 'Rapperswil, Wahlkreis See-Gaster, Sankt Gallen, 8640, Switzerland', 'Uber, Calle Hamburgo, Juárez, Cuauhtémoc, Ciudad de México, 06600, México']" +298,306,2020-07-15,"['https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/v7gzd8/targets-gig-workers-will-strike-to-protest-switch-to-algorithmic-pay-model', 'https://www.marketwatch.com/story/target-owned-shipt-workers-strike-over-new-algorithm-based-compensation-that-they-say-will-lower-their-pay-11594842478', 'https://medium.com/@shiptshopper/shipt-walkoff-july-15th-dab1ee2c2571']","['protest', 'strike']",['pay and benefits'],['gig workers'],"Shipt workers went on strike across the U.S. to protest the company's move to a new, less transparent algorithmic pay model that reduces their wages by 25-50%, according to reports. Workers also called for consumers to boycott the service. Shipt has more than 100,000 workers in the U.S. and is used by companies such as Target. Willy Solis, from the Gig Workers Collective, was the lead organizer for the event and used social media groups and word-of-mouth (encouraging each committed worker to recruit five additional participants) to drive the strike.",None,['usa'],"['target', 'shipt']",None,['delivery_workers'],['nataliyaned'],"[(33.2469982, -117.29321092216239)]","['Target, San Luis Rey, Oceanside, San Diego County, California, United States of America']" +299,303,2020-07-20,['https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/m7jpgy/open-source-community-changing-github-avatars-drop-ice'],['protest'],['ethics'],['open source community'],"Github users have launched a campaign to pressure the company to drop its contracts with ICE. Users have changed their profile pictures to the company's mascot, Octocat, with a message reading ""Drop ICE"". ",True,None,"['github', 'microsoft']",None,"['ice', 'immigration']",['nataliyaned'],None,None +300,304,2020-07-20,['https://syndicom.ch/aktuell/artikel/bei-google-zuerich-bestimmen-die-zooglers-nun-mit/'],['union representation'],['working conditions'],"['white collar workers', 'inhouse workers']","Employees at Google's Zurich office voted to recognize the Syndicom union as their employee representative. Employees first reached out to Syndicom after management failed to address their concerns over ""Project Dragonfly"", a search engine that would enable the Chinese government to censor certain results. Employee representatives function as consultants and do not engage in collective bargaining. ",None,['zurich-switzerland'],['google'],None,None,['nataliyaned'],"[(47.3793085, 8.5307904)]","['Google, 1, Gustav-Gull-Platz, Langstrasse, Aussersihl, Zürich, Bezirk Zürich, Zürich, 8021, Switzerland']" +301,308,2020-07-20,"['https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/qj4zxx/amazon-google-and-lyft-workers-tell-us-why-theyre-striking-for-black-lives-matter', 'https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2020/07/20/strike-for-black-lives/']","['protest', 'strike']",['ethics'],['gig workers'],"Amazon, Google, Uber, Lyft, and Postmates workers were reportedly among the ""tens of thousands"" of employees across the U.S. that took part in a protest of the country's long-standing systemic racism. Those that were unable to leave their jobs were encouraged to take an 8 minute, 46 second break (the amount of time a police officer knelt on George Floyd's neck) or to bend a knee in solidarity (a reference to protests by the NFL). The Washington Post reports that demonstrations took place in over 200 cities.",None,['usa'],"['amazon', 'google', 'uber', 'lyft', 'postmates']",None,"['blm', 'antiracism']",['nataliyaned'],"[(47.6142939, -122.3239636), (42.3627717, -71.087257), (37.7899898, -122.3999799), (37.7759881, -122.3919991), (37.7753423, -122.39763106771915)]","['Amazon Go Grocery, 610, East Pike Street, Central Business District, First Hill, Seattle, King County, Washington, 98122, United States of America', 'Google, 355, Main Street, East Cambridge, Cambridge, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, 02142, United States of America', 'Uber, 555, Market Street, Financial District, San Francisco, San Francisco City and County, California, 94105, United States of America', 'Lyft, 185, Berry Street, South Beach, San Francisco, San Francisco City and County, California, 94107, United States of America', 'UserTesting, 690, 5th Street, South of Market, San Francisco, San Francisco City and County, California, 94017, United States of America']" +302,307,2020-07-26,['https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/boycott-continues-against-cambridge-whole-foods-that-sent-employees-home-for-black-lives-matter-masks/ar-BB16mPY2'],"['protest', 'strike']","['unfair labor practices', 'ethics']","['inhouse workers', 'blue collar workers']","Whole Foods employees and local residents protested in front of a Cambridge location that turned away seven employees on June 25th for wearing masks with ""Black Lives Matter"" slogans. The event is part of a larger boycott that has been ongoing since the incident. Suverino Frith, one of the seven employees, spoke at the event and called on the company to live up to their ""core values"". ",None,['cambridge-massachusetts-usa'],"['whole_foods', 'amazon']",None,"['antiracism', 'blm']",['nataliyaned'],"[(42.3651852, -71.1042178)]","['Amazon Pickup, 1, Magazine Street, Central Square, Cambridgeport, Cambridge, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, 02139, United States of America']" +303,348,2020-08-01,"['https://www.berkeleyside.com/2020/10/13/amazon-workers-want-to-unionize-their-east-bay-warehouse', 'https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LpSrDtHhKVs']",['protest'],['working conditions'],"['blue collar workers', 'inhouse workers']",Amazon workers and supporters blocked the entrance of a San Leandro warehouse for several hours in a call for improved coronavirus safety measures.,True,['san leandro-california-usa'],['amazon'],None,"['coronavirus', 'delivery_workers']",['nataliyaned'],None,None +304,299,2020-08-01,['https://www.vice.com/en_au/article/ep4qdz/amazon-workers-blocked-delivery-trucks-from-leaving-a-warehouse-for-hours'],"['strike', 'protest']",['pay and benefits'],"['inhouse workers', 'blue collar workers']",A caravan of protestors demanding increased pay and COVID-19 protections disrupted business at an Amazon Distribution Center in the San Francisco Bay Area. The caravan was organized by Bay Area Amazonians.,None,['San-Leandro-California-USA'],['amazon'],30,['coronavirus'],None,None,None +305,302,2020-08-09,"['https://www.news.com.au/finance/work/at-work/fired-amazon-workers-stage-protest-outside-jeff-bezos-mansion/news-story/e5d5dcaa060c59496d09b96c094982bd', 'https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/technology/protest-held-in-front-of-jeff-bezos-penthouse-in-new-york/vi-BB17Nfe9', 'https://twitter.com/mollycrabapple/status/1292565661517062150']",['protest'],"['pay and benefits', 'unfair labor practices', 'working conditions']","['blue collar workers', 'inhouse workers']","Several dozen Former Amazon workers held a protest outside of Jeff Bezos' New York City penthouse to call for greater protections for warehouse workers during the pandemic, along with the right to unionize and a national wealth tax on the top 3 percent of earners. The protest was organized by Christian Smalls, a former Amazon employee who was fired after organizing a walkout to protest the company's handling of coronavirus. Since then, Smalls has founded an organizedcalled the Congress of Essential Workers, dedicated to protecting workers during the pandemic. ",None,['new york city-new york-usa'],['amazon'],24,['coronavirus'],['nataliyaned'],"[(40.722465, -73.9977307)]","['Amazon, 72, Spring Street, Little Italy, Manhattan Community Board 2, Manhattan, New York County, New York, 10013, United States of America']" +306,338,2020-08-12,"['https://www.printmag.com/post/tech-can-do-better-an-industry-wide-wake-up-call', 'https://www.instagram.com/techcandobetter/', 'https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSck1JZR5FdfWbRB7OOgCPBCVGIS0kB-zLHN-Q3J6PZORRUP3w/viewform']",['resources'],['discrimination'],"['white collar workers', 'inhouse workers']","A group of Black employees across tech companies have launched an initiative, Tech Can Do Better, to call for greater equity in the workplace. An Instagram account promotes the visibility and highlights the accomplishments of Black employees in tech. The group has also started an online pledge where workers can commit to ""mak[ing] the changes needed to achieve equitable hiring, promotions, and compensation, mak[ing] significant Investment in social equity and driv[ing] advocacy for equitable legislation.""",True,None,None,None,"['antiracism', 'blm', 'industry_solidarity']",['nataliyaned'],None,None +307,312,2020-08-12,"['https://qz.com/1894241/belaruss-crackdown-could-squash-minsks-budding-tech-sector/', 'https://dev.by/news/otkrytoe-pismo-it-kompanii']",['open letter'],['ethics'],"['white collar workers', 'inhouse workers', 'contract workers']","Over 2,900 Belarusian tech workers, including top level management and investors, publicly signed onto an open letter calling the recent presidential elections a fraud. Signatories threatened to relocate their offices and investments outside of Belarus, stating that the atmosphere of fear and suppression was not conducive to a thriving technology sector. The letter denounced anti-democratic measures taken by the government, including the arrests of protesters and widespread Internet outages, and called for new elections, the release of those arrested, and freedom of press in the country. ",True,['belarus'],None,2900,['politics'],['nataliyaned'],"[(53.4250605, 27.6971358)]",['Беларусь'] +308,309,2020-08-13,"['https://www.cnbc.com/2020/08/13/german-digital-bank-n26-faces-outcry-from-staff-over-management.html', 'https://www.finextra.com/newsarticle/36392/n26-faces-off-with-employees-over-works-council', 'https://www.fintechfutures.com/2020/08/n26-founders-obtain-injunction-against-works-council/', 'https://twitter.com/worker291/status/1293830980172689410']","['union representation', 'open letter', 'union drive']","['working conditions', 'pay and benefits', 'unfair labor practices']","['white collar workers', 'contract workers']","After workers of N26 (digital bank) announced their intent to form a Works Council (Betriebsrat), management responded by issuing a legal injunction, banning 6 of the workers from partaking in formation of electoral committee. They forgot to include the service union Ver.di, so on August 13th, Ver.di chaired a meeting for N26 Operations GmbH, and workers voted for the first electoral committee.",None,['berlin-germany'],['N26'],20,None,['Worker26'],"[(52.5170365, 13.3888599)]","['Berlin, 10117, Deutschland']" +309,310,2020-08-14,"['https://www.nytimes.com/2020/08/14/technology/pinterest-walkout-equality.html', 'https://techcrunch.com/2020/08/14/pinterest-employees-are-walking-out-today-in-light-of-discrimination-allegations/', 'https://www.theverge.com/2020/8/14/21369035/pinterest-virtual-walkout-protest-discrimination-slack-blind', 'https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/2020/08/13/pinterest-workers-walk-out-calling-end-workplace-bias/3369999001/']","['protest', 'open letter', 'strike']",['discrimination'],"['white collar workers', 'inhouse workers']","Pinterest employees staged a virtual walk out by posting messages to Slack and then logging off their work accounts, to protest the racial and gender discrimination brought to light by Ifeoma Ozoma and Aerica Shimizu Banks, and then again by Francoise Brougher. Workers also signed onto an online petition to CEO Ben Silberman calling for an end to discrimination and retaliation by the company.",True,None,['pinterest'],236,"['antiracism', 'blm']",None,None,None +310,321,2020-08-19,"['https://www.law360.com/articles/1302356/ex-google-workers-want-sexist-emails-memes-turned-over', 'https://www.lieffcabraser.com/2020/08/ex-google-workers-want-sexist-emails-meme-messages-turned-over-in-google-gender-discrimination-suit/']",['legal action'],['discrimination'],"['white collar workers', 'inhouse workers']",Four former Google software engineers have filed a lawsuit in California claiming gender discrimination at the company and demanding that the company turn over sexist emails and memes created by two male company employees. The plaintiffs hope to mount a class action lawsuit against the company.,None,['san francisco-california-usa'],['google'],4,['sexism'],['nataliyaned'],"[(37.41897865, -122.08237793989416)]","['Google, Mountain View, Santa Clara County, California, United States of America']" +311,320,2020-08-19,['https://leftfootforward.org/2020/08/give-us-better-pay-and-conditions-say-sheffield-deliveroo-drivers/'],"['protest', 'strike']","['pay and benefits', 'working conditions']",['gig workers'],"Deliveroo workers in Sheffield, England kicked off two weeks of strike actions to demand higher pay and better working conditions, including the right to appeal terminations. The actions are designed to target companies, e.g. certain restaurants, that workers believe to be part of the exploitation. An outright strike was deemed too expensive by the workers, many of whom report working 60-70 hours a week to make ends meet. Actions will also include flyering and a demonstration.",None,['sheffield-uk'],['deliveroo'],None,['delivery_workers'],['nataliyaned'],None,None +312,317,2020-08-22,['https://mp.weixin.qq.com/s/bvbmlUIPatMX4xzDvwU8FQ'],"['protest', 'open letter', 'strike']",['pay and benefits'],['gig workers'],"Didi rideshare workers have started holding strikes in a number of Chinese cities including Suzhou, Nanjing, Nantong, and Zunyi City to protest high commission fees on the platform. Drivers in Zunyi City also issued a letter with 5 demands to their local government and transportation department. ",None,"['suzhou-china', 'nanjing-china', 'nantong-china', 'zunyi-china']",['didi'],None,None,['nataliyaned'],None,None +313,319,2020-08-26,['https://rabble.ca/news/2020/08/former-foodora-workers-receive-closure-346-million-settlement'],['legal action'],['unfair labor practices'],['gig workers'],Foodora workers in Canada received a $3.5 million settlement after suing their employer for union busting. Foodora chose to leave Canada in April 2020 after the Ontario Labor Board voted to recognize the couriers as company employees. The Canadian Union of Postal Workers sued on behalf of the workers and declared that the settlement would be distributed between all Canadian Foodora employees.,None,['canada'],['foodora'],2000,['delivery_workers'],['nataliyaned'],None,None +314,318,2020-08-28,['https://www.businessinsider.in/tech/news/protesters-set-up-a-guillotine-outside-jeff-bezos-mansion-and-demanded-higher-wages-for-amazon-workers-after-the-ceos-net-worth-surpassed-200-billion/amp_articleshow/77794471.cms'],['protest'],['pay and benefits'],"['blue collar workers', 'inhouse workers']","More than 100 protesters, led by former Amazon worker Christian Smalls, placed a guillotine outside of Jeff Bezos' D.C. home to call on the company to raise minimum wages from $15 to $30/hour. ",None,['washington_dc-usa'],['amazon'],101,['coronavirus'],['nataliyaned'],None,None +315,316,2020-08-31,['https://onezero.medium.com/leaked-salary-spreadsheet-reveals-microsoft-employee-earnings-for-a-second-year-d1466132d309'],"['protest', 'resources']","['pay and benefits', 'discrimination']","['white collar workers', 'inhouse workers']","More than 300 Microsoft employees shared salary and pay bonus data in spreadsheet. A similar action took place last year. This year's survey asked whether employees identified as people of color or experienced discrimination because of their gender identity. Notably, 194 of 310 participants identified as people of color and 69 had experienced discrimination on the basis of gender identity.",True,['usa'],['microsoft'],310,"['antiracism', 'salary sharing']",['nataliyaned'],"[(35.139622349999996, -80.92306993327955)]","['Microsoft, Ayrsley, Charlotte, Mecklenburg County, North Carolina, United States of America']" +316,328,2020-08-31,"['https://guardian.ng/news/uber-bolt-drivers-begin-one-week-strike-in-lagos/', 'https://guardian.ng/news/e-hailing-drivers-reject-reviewed-lagos-ride-hailing-regulation/']",['strike'],['pay and benefits'],['gig workers'],"Rideshare drivers in Lagos, Nigeria went on a one-week strike to protest new state regulations that added a fixed service tax to all trips. The agreement was reached between the companies, the Lagos state government, and the Professional E-hailing Drivers and Private Owners Association but did not include the National Union of Professional App-Based Workers, which union representatives claim was sidelined during negotiations due to its initial rejection of the proposal. ",None,['lagos-nigeria'],"['uber', 'bolt']",None,['drivers'],['nataliyaned'],"[(6.45269435, 3.4498998)]","['Uber Nigeria HQ, 2, Onikoyi Road, Ikoyi, Okepa, Eti Osa, Lagos, 20050, Nigeria']" +317,326,2020-09-08,['https://www.vice.com/en/article/g5p9nb/employees-of-social-change-nonprofit-stage-walkout-to-protest-racial-abuse'],"['protest', 'strike', 'open letter']",['discrimination'],"['white collar workers', 'inhouse workers']","24 employees of tech non-profit Do Something walked off the job, calling for the resignation of current CEO Aria Finger. They have also sent two direct letters to the CEO and Board of Directors that have been shared on Twitter. Former employees shared experiences of racial discrimination and harassment via social media earlier this year. The letter states that Finger reacted to these posts by calling them untrue or ""standard-issued American forms of microaggression and racism"". Finger returned in August after a legal investigation did not find evidence of discrimination under her tenure. ",True,None,['do something'],24,"['antiracism', 'blm']",['nataliyaned'],None,None +318,327,2020-09-15,['https://www.sunnewsonline.com/uber-bolt-drivers-protest-static-fares-in-abuja/'],['protest'],['pay and benefits'],['gig workers'],"Rideshare drivers protested in Abuja, Nigeria, calling for greater government oversight on pricing for apps like Uber and Bolt. Drivers threatened to go on strike within a week's time if the government did not respond to their demands. Drivers noted the disparity in prices between Abuja and other major cities in Nigeria and surrounding countries. Rising gas prices have also led to decreased profits for many drivers. Several organizations were involved: Abuja City Pilot Forum (ACPF), City Online Drivers Association (CODA) and the Online Hackney Practitioners Association of Nigeria (OHPAN).",None,['abuja-nigeria'],"['uber', 'bolt']",None,['drivers'],['nataliyaned'],None,None +319,329,2020-09-16,"['https://www.deccanchronicle.com/amp/nation/current-affairs/160920/swiggy-workers-go-on-strike-in-hyderabad-demand-revised-charges.html', 'https://www.newsclick.in/swiggy-employees-strike']",['strike'],['pay and benefits'],['gig workers'],"Workers for delivery company Swiggy went on strike in a number of Indian cities including Hyderabad, Chennai, and Delhi to call for greater pay. They rallied outside of restaurants and prevented third-party companies from picking up orders.",None,"['hyderabad-india', 'chennai-india', 'delhi-india']",['swiggy'],3000,['delivery_workers'],['nataliyaned'],None,None +320,332,2020-09-21,"['https://www.cnbc.com/2020/10/01/google-contractors-allege-ndas-violate-free-speech-laws.html', 'https://www.courts.ca.gov/opinions/documents/A157097.PDF']",['legal action'],['unfair labor practices'],['contract workers'],"A number of contractors for Google (employed through staffing firm Adecco) have filed a lawsuit alleging that confidentiality agreements with the company deprive them of basic legal rights, such as free speech. Contractors are prevented from discussing wages or working conditions, which they claim prohibit them from “disclosing violations of state and federal law, either within Google to their managers or outside Google to private attorneys or government officials”. The Sept. 21st filing with a California appeals court reverses a lower court decision, allowing the lawsuit to proceed. ",None,['san francisco-california-usa'],"['google', 'adecco']",None,None,['nataliyaned'],"[(37.41897865, -122.08237793989416), (40.572519, -122.3505599)]","['Google, Mountain View, Santa Clara County, California, United States of America', 'Adecco, 1080, East Cypress Avenue, Enterprise, Redding, Shasta County, California, 96002, United States of America']" +321,330,2020-09-22,['https://www.vice.com/amp/en_us/article/g5p333/uk-tech-workers-launch-first-national-effort-to-unionize-tech-industry'],['union drive'],['working conditions'],"['blue collar workers', 'white collar workers', 'inhouse workers']","Tech workers in the U.K. have started a union aimed at organizing a wide array of tech workers in the country. The United Tech and Allied Workers, a branch of the Communications Workers Union, offers legal counsel and representation at employment tribunals for its members. Under U.K. law, employees can join a union even if that union has not been recognized by their employer. In an interview with Vice, a member highlighted the union's ""very broad definition of a tech worker"", which spans white collar and blue collar labor.",None,['uk'],"['google', 'amazon', 'microsoft', 'samsung', 'deliveroo']",30,['industry_solidarity'],['nataliyaned'],"[(51.5333771, -0.1258455), (51.4669891, 0.3527505), (51.5149845, -0.1421889), (53.7989164, -1.541806), (51.5314216, -0.1113624)]","['Google, 6, Pancras Road, London Borough of Camden, London, Greater London, England, N1C 4BJ, United Kingdom', 'Amazon, Gaylor Road, Tilbury, Thurrock, East of England, England, RM18 7AS, United Kingdom', 'Microsoft Store, Regent Street, Fitzrovia, City of Westminster, London, Greater London, England, W1B 2EP, United Kingdom', 'Samsung, 89-91, Briggate, Steander, Lovell Park, Leeds, West Yorkshire, Yorkshire and the Humber, England, LS1 6NP, United Kingdom', 'Deliveroo, Pentonville Road, Pentonville, Finsbury, London Borough of Islington, London, Greater London, England, N1 9JB, United Kingdom']" +322,331,2020-09-23,"['https://www.forbes.com/sites/rachelsandler/2020/09/24/hootsuite-drops-ice-contract-after-employee-backlash/#714f8e261c50', 'https://www.vice.com/en/article/jgx75b/hootsuite-denied-providing-tech-to-ice-this-contract-shows-that-it-did']",['protest'],['ethics'],"['white collar workers', 'inhouse workers']","Employees at Hootsuite succeeded in getting the company, a B-corporation, to drop its contract with U.S. ICE after protesting via social media and voicing their opposition internally to the company. A Tweet from a senior training specialist at Hootsuite, Sam Anderson, generated significant backlash within the industry, including from many social media managers at client companies. ",True,None,['hootsuite'],100,['ice'],['nataliyaned'],None,None +323,337,2020-09-28,"['https://discotech.tech/techtruths', 'https://twitter.com/discotechorg/status/1310613703126114304?s=19']",['resources'],['na'],"['white collar workers', 'inhouse workers']","A group of cross-company organizers in tech have started a repository called ""Tech Truths"" that highlights incidents of discrimination in tech, including ""discrimination by race, gender, sexual orientation, disability status, immigration status, and more"". To date (10/7/2020), 107 different stories of discrimination have been shared and published.",True,None,None,107,"['antiracism', 'blm', 'industry_solidarity']",['nataliyaned'],None,None +324,333,2020-10-01,"['https://workdayminnesota.org/thursday-night-shakopee-amazon-workers-walked-out-in-protest-of-worker-firing/', 'https://twitter.com/athenaforall/status/1312080698140962818?s=20']",['protest'],['working conditions'],"['blue collar workers', 'inhouse workers']","35 Amazon workers in Shakopee, Minnesota walked off the job to protest the firing of Farhiyo Warsame. The company alleged that the employee violated ""time off task"" policies but workers claim that the employee was fired for raising concerns about covid-related safety.",None,['shakopee-minnesota-usa'],['amazon'],35,['coronavirus'],['nataliyaned'],"[(44.78839255, -93.44285005008032)]","['Amazon Sortation Center MSP5, 5825, 11th Avenue East, Barden, Shakopee, Scott County, Minnesota, 55379, United States of America']" +325,336,2020-10-04,['https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2020-10-04/amazon-jeff-bezos-protest-beverly-hills'],['protest'],"['working conditions', 'pay and benefits']","['blue collar workers', 'inhouse workers']","Amazon workers, organized by the Congress of Essential Workers, protested in front of Jeff Bezos' Beverley Hills mansion, calling for improved working conditions under covid, hazard pay, and better health benefits. ",None,['los angeles-california-usa'],['amazon'],100,['coronavirus'],['nataliyaned'],"[(33.976708, -118.41819837607494)]","['Whole Foods Market, West Jefferson Boulevard, Playa Vista, Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, California, 90094, United States of America']" +326,335,2020-10-05,"['https://www.theverge.com/2020/9/2/21417146/parcast-spotify-union-writers-guild-america-east', 'https://twitter.com/ParcastUnion/status/1313555636651655170?s=19']",['union representation'],['unfair labor practices'],"['white collar workers', 'inhouse workers']","Parcast, a Spotify-owned podcast company, announced a unionization effort back in September. Employees of the company chose to pursue unionization through the Writers Guild of America, East to call for greater diversity, equity, and inclusion at the company, as well as equitable pay, reasonable working hours, and overtime compensation. Parcast announced on October 6th that Spotify had chosen to voluntarily recognize the union. ",None,None,"['spotify', 'parcast']",None,None,['nataliyaned'],None,None +327,341,2020-10-08,"['https://www.wired.com/story/turmoil-black-lives-matter-political-speech-coinbase/', 'https://www.forbes.com/sites/rachelsandler/2020/10/08/60-employees-leave-coinbase-over-ceos-pledge-to-be-apolitical/#5e0848325a06', 'https://blog.coinbase.com/coinbase-is-a-mission-focused-company-af882df8804?gi=e4cb4315d1e5']",['protest'],"['ethics', 'discrimination']","['white collar workers', 'inhouse workers']","More than 60 Coinbase employees chose to leave the company, opting for a severance package, to protest CEO Brian Armstrong's assertion that employees should not participate in social activism in the workplace. This represents roughly 5% of the company's employees. This event follows several months of internal activism within the company after management failed to make a public statement on the Black Lives Matter movement.",True,['san francisco-california-usa'],['coinbase'],60,"['antiracism', 'blm']",['nataliyaned'],None,None +328,340,2020-10-10,['https://www.vice.com/amp/en_us/article/z3ejzx/facebook-workers-sign-petition-demanding-hazard-pay-for-content-moderators-who-have-to-go-back-to-the-office'],['open letter'],['unfair labor practices'],['contract workers'],"At least 290 Facebook employees and contractors signed a petition demanding a 50% wage increase as hazard pay for site moderators who have been forced to return to the office by October 12th of this year. Additional demands include compensation for all costs related to COVID-19 testing and treatment, as well as additional time off and an expedited time off review process. Accenture, which hired the moderators as contractors, informed them on October 1st that they would have to return to their office in Austin, Texas. A Facebook spokesperson said the reason for the return was that ""some of the most sensitive content can’t be reviewed from home"". Full-time, directly hired Facebook employees don't have to return to the office until July 2021. 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