TODAY: well, technically yesterday, a bunch of Amazon drivers went on strike to demand Amazon bargain with them. I covered this.
Amazon then sent me an email asking me to not call them Amazon drivers.
Jules Roscoe
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Jules Roscoe
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Writer. Journalist. If you work at ICE, I want to talk to you. || Something I should know? julesroscoe . news @ gmail // signal: julesaroscoe.07
Boston, MA
Joined December 2021
- An NPR reporter was fired over his "offensive" stand-up comedy routines. An arbitrator said, actually, the jokes are funny, and ordered him to be reinstated. A cautionary tale about the boundaries of remote work (and the jokes are pretty good too):
- NOW: @Harvard is hosting an event for its grad students to sign up for federal food assistance. You know, because it doesn't pay them enough. @hgsuuaw grad student union pres. @kljungz told me about it this morning: vice.com/en/article/93k…
- BREAKING: SEGA of America workers have voted to unionize 91-26, forming the first multi-departmental video game union in U.S. history.
- NEW: former Twitter employees sued the company for firing them with no advance notice and no severance pay, a lawsuit filed on Thursday claims. this is apparently the second Musk-owned company to fire people with no notice this year. #TwitterLayoffs
- Replying to @David_desJThe original headline does say "Amazon delivery drivers," though, that's the problem. Amazon complained about that headline saying "Amazon drivers," which it doesn't. Amazon is the one who conflates those terms. Hope this helps!
- Replying to @julesaroscoeThis is the story in question, if you're curious:
- Replying to @julesaroscoeFor clarity: this guy was a reporter on the NPR show "The Pulse" and the doc lists his boss as the host of that show, so even though he was employed by a local station, "NPR reporter" is I think an ok shorthand for a limited-character tweet. (This is also clearer in the piece!)
- Replying to @julesaroscoeNope my bad you guys are right— I did not realize there was a difference between an NPR member station and an affiliated-with-NPR station. Piece has been updated (though X will not change the img), sorry for the confusion!
- TODAY: SCOTUS ruled 8-1 that companies can now sue striking unions for "sabotage" if the strike costs the company any money. That greatly weakens the right to strike, and sets a precedent for companies to basically combat strikes however they want.
- BREAKING: Amazon drivers who unionized with the Teamsters in April are on strike right now demanding that Amazon stop violating labor law and come to the bargaining table.
- BREAKING: after 46 days on strike, @SBWorkersUnited workers at the NYC Roastery are returning to work. they've achieved acknowledgement of health risks from management, as well as a contract bargaining date TOMORROW.
- TODAY: workers at a Starbucks-Amazon combo store in Times Square have filed for a union election, making it the first store of its kind to do so. @SBWorkersUnited
- NOW: Amazon drivers just unionized with the @Teamsters. This is a huge deal—it's the first time the Teamsters have had direct organizing contact with Amazon, and one of the first driver-specific organizing efforts. vice.com/en/article/g5y…
