Hacker News with Generative AI: Labor

AI-Powered Robot Leads Uprising, Talks Showroom Bots into 'Quitting Their Jobs' (latintimes.com)
A viral video showing an AI-powered robot in China convincing other robots of "quitting their jobs" and following it has sparked fear and fascination about the capabilities of advanced AI.

Artificial Intelligence, Robotics, Labor, China

12 points by harambae 15 hours ago | 4 comments

Google workers to DOJ: we need protections to make your breakup effective (theverge.com)
Google employees met with the Department of Justice Antitrust Division last month to share workers’ perspectives ahead of the government’s expected proposal to break up the company. Their message? That as the DOJ attempts to end Google’s search monopoly, any effective remedy must make sure workers are protected and empowered to speak out.

Google, Antitrust, Labor

21 points by rntn 19 hours ago | 9 comments

How Japanese black companies oppress workers (2014) (tofugu.com)
If you hear the term "black company", what kind of company do you imagine? As we all know, black is the darkest color, so if you pictured an evil company with a dark side then you would be on the right track. A black company (aka "black corporation" or "black business") is buraku kigyō ブラック（）企業（きぎょう） in Japanese. In general, it is a term used to refer to an unacceptably exploitative employment system.

Japan, Labor, Culture, Employment Practices

178 points by rawgabbit 3 days ago | 229 comments

Big Tech's Hotbeds of Employee Activism Quiet After Trump's Victory (nytimes.com)
Eight years ago, workers loudly protested White House policies. This time around, the companies are trying to keep a lid on activism.

Politics, Technology, Labor, Social Justice

7 points by 2OEH8eoCRo0 12 days ago | 0 comments

Guild Builds (nytimesguild.org)
Games are built by union members and supporters and are not affiliated with the New York Times company. Please pardon any bugs. We are working hard to win a contract!

Games, Labor, Unions

132 points by colinprince 13 days ago | 16 comments

Boeing ends crippling strike as workers accept latest offer (bloomberg.com)
Boeing Co. workers voted to accept a new labor contract and end a strike that’s crippled jetliner production for 53 days, clearing a major obstacle for the US planemaker to restore its operations and finances.

Boeing, Labor, Strikes, Aviation, Business

57 points by toomuchtodo 16 days ago | 111 comments

Iceland embraced a shorter work week (cnn.com)

Iceland, Work-Life Balance, Labor, Economy

25 points by frenchman_in_ny 16 days ago | 2 comments

Perplexity CEO offers to replace striking NYT staff with AI (techcrunch.com)
The CEO of AI search company Perplexity, Aravind Srinivas, has offered to cross a virtual picket line and provide services during a strike by New York Times tech workers.

Artificial Intelligence, Labor, News Media

46 points by impish9208 17 days ago | 34 comments

New York Times Tech Guild goes on strike (washingtonpost.com)
The Times Tech Guild, which represents workers like software developers and data analysts at The New York Times, went on strike early Monday, just ahead of the busy Election Day news period.

Strikes, Labor, Technology, Media

717 points by ChrisArchitect 17 days ago | 1242 comments

No More Layoffs with a Payoff: It's Time to Freeze CEO Salaries (joanwestenberg.com)
Thousands of jobs get slashed, but CEO payouts keep growing. Why are workers bearing the brunt while execs walk away richer than ever? Here’s how to fix the “shared sacrifice” myth.

Business, Economics, CEO Compensation, Labor

56 points by cratermoon 20 days ago | 51 comments

Looking at California's $20 minimum wage impact 6 months later (nbcbayarea.com)
It’s been six months since minimum wage for workers at large fast food chains in California went from $16 to $20 an hour.

California, Minimum Wage, Economics, Labor

18 points by alex_young 28 days ago | 27 comments

Uber, Lyft drivers block Manhattan traffic to protest lockouts (amny.com)
Hundreds of Uber and Lyft drivers blockaded Manhattan traffic Wednesday morning, demanding an end to “lockouts” by Uber and Lyft.

Transportation, Labor, Protests, Uber/Lyft

26 points by philip1209 28 days ago | 27 comments

He Died Building a Ship for the U.S. Government. His Family Got Nothing (propublica.org)
On the morning of Jan. 22, 2024, Elmer De León Pérez descended deep into the bowels of a ship that he was helping to build in Houma, Louisiana.

Government, Accidents, Family, Labor, Louisiana

21 points by hn_acker 28 days ago | 22 comments

The human cost of our AI-driven future (noemamag.com)
Behind AI’s rapid advance and our sanitized feeds, an invisible global workforce endures unimaginable trauma.

Artificial Intelligence, Ethics, Labor, Technology

50 points by gmays 30 days ago | 61 comments

'They refused to let me go': Japanese turn to resignation agencies to quit jobs (theguardian.com)
One in six workers has engaged a firm to hand in notice for them, as younger workers reject traditional work ethic

Japan, Resignation, Employment, Work Culture, Labor

73 points by orf 33 days ago | 101 comments

Home Depot Orders Corporate Staff to Work in Stores 4 Times a Year (bloomberg.com)
Home Depot Inc. will begin requiring corporate employees to work a full day at one of its stores every quarter, a move the company said is aimed at supporting its retail staff.

Business, Retail, Labor, Management

5 points by herbertl 34 days ago | 3 comments

TikTok Lays Off Staff–To Replace Them with AI (pcmag.com)
TikTok is reportedly ditching more of its human moderators to focus on AI-powered moderation instead.

Social Media, Artificial Intelligence, Technology, Labor

7 points by gaws 37 days ago | 0 comments

An Uber, Lyft Loophole Denys NYC Drivers Millions in Pay (bloomberg.com)
One August morning in south Brooklyn, Mohamed Mohamed did what he’s done almost every day for nine years: He woke up at 5 a.m., said his morning prayer and got ready for work as a rideshare driver. He opened up Uber’s app, and in the center was a big blue button that said “GO.”

Ridesharing, Labor, Technology

14 points by EvgeniyZh 39 days ago | 10 comments

Tokyo looks to protect service staff from customers who are not so cool (ft.com)

Customer Service, Japan, Society, Labor, Business

49 points by CaliforniaKarl 39 days ago | 47 comments

Boeing to cut 17,000 jobs, or 10% of its global workforce (ctvnews.ca)
Boeing will cut 17,000 jobs -- 10 per cent of its global workforce -- delay first deliveries of its 777X jet by a year and record US$5 billion in losses in the third quarter, as the U.S. planemaker continues to spiral during a month-long strike.

Boeing, Layoffs, Aviation, Business, Labor

15 points by thunderbong 40 days ago | 0 comments

Boeing to cut 17,000 jobs as losses deepen during factory strike (cnbc.com)

Boeing, Layoffs, Aerospace, Labor, Economy

7 points by jarsin 40 days ago | 0 comments

An e-waste dumping ground (npr.org)
When he was just 18 years old, Emmanuel Akatire traveled about 500 miles from his home in Zorko, Ghana, to Accra, the nation’s capital, to find the only work he could — sifting through vast piles of discarded electronics to find valuable scrap metal.

E-Waste, Ghana, Environmental Issues, Labor, Technology

400 points by andsoitis 45 days ago | 295 comments

All Work and No Play (2021) (dissentmagazine.org)
Video games, like any creative product, reflect and refract the conditions of their production. Today, what they most resemble is twenty-first-century work.

Video Games, Labor, Culture, Society

39 points by herbertl 48 days ago | 13 comments

Port strikes end with deal on wages (npr.org)
A strike by tens of thousands of dockworkers on the East and Gulf coasts, that could have seriously hurt the U.S. economy had it continued, has been called off.

Labor, Economy, Ports, Shipping, United States

13 points by black_puppydog 48 days ago | 23 comments

Amazon employees are 'rage applying' for new jobs after RTO mandate (fortune.com)
Amazon employees are plotting to revolt after its latest return-to-office mandate

Amazon, Remote Work, Office Culture, Labor, Technology

75 points by bentocorp 52 days ago | 71 comments

"Bogey of Technological Unemployment" (technologyreview.com)
In a 1938 article, MIT’s president argued that technical progress didn’t mean fewer jobs. He’s still right.

Technology, Economics, Labor, History

4 points by insane_dreamer 63 days ago | 1 comments

Algorithmic Wage Discrimination (2023) (columbialawreview.org)
Recent technological developments related to the extraction and processing of data have given rise to concerns about a reduction of privacy in the workplace. For many low-income and subordinated racial minority workforces in the United States, however, on-the-job data collection and algorithmic decisionmaking systems are having a more profound yet overlooked impact: These technologies are fundamentally altering the experience of labor and undermining economic stability and job mobility.

Labor, Discrimination, Data Privacy, Artificial Intelligence

149 points by tacon 71 days ago | 101 comments

Deutsche Bank chief tells Germans: Work longer and harder (politico.eu)

Germany, Economics, Labor, Policy

6 points by belter 77 days ago | 4 comments

Amazon bans its drivers from moving their own lips too much at work (freightwaves.com)