July 6th 2022
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The Federal Trade Commission has cemented a Democratic majority among the commissioners, as the Senate confirmed Professor Alvaro Bedoya on Wednesday. The 51-50 vote, with a tiebreaker from Vice President Kamala Harris, signals a shift that will empower Chair Lina...
This July, President Biden signed a sweeping Executive Order that contained a multi-pronged approach to promoting corporate competition. Notably, the order included several elements targeting the impacts of consolidation on workers, such as a directive to the FTC...
A group of quality assurance testers and developers at Activision Blizzard studio Raven Software, responsible for Call of Duty: Warzone, have staged a walkout over terminated testers. This is the third recent worker action at Activision Blizzard. The demonstrating...
In the midst of The New York Times’ efforts to beat back a union drive among hundreds of its technology and product staffers, management-side lawyers representing the company accidentally leaked a private strategy memo to the union seeking to represent its...
The federal government joined a growing list of government employers instituting vaccine requirements for workers. Federal employees and on-site contractors must be vaccinated against COVID-19 or wear masks and undergo testing, President Biden announced. This comes...
Yesterday, the White House announced that President Biden plans to issue an executive order encouraging the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) to restrict businesses’ use of employee non-compete agreements. So-called “non-competes”, which ban or restrict workers from...
As described in my last post, employers who use algorithmic decision systems (ADSs) in hiring reify past prejudices and systemic discrimination while coating the process in a veneer of objectivity. More troubling, mathematician and social activist Cathy O’Neil...
For years, Amazon promised its Fresh and Prime Now gig delivery drivers they would receive all customer tips. Instead, Amazon diverted these tips to cover base wages, according to a complaint against Amazon by the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) last month. The...