Hacker News with Generative AI: Labor Disputes

US banana giant Chiquita fires thousands over Panama strike (aljazeera.com)
Banana producer Chiquita has announced mass layoffs in Panama amid an ongoing strike.

Labor Disputes, Business, Panama, Agriculture

5 points by mooreds 54 minutes ago | 0 comments

Labor dispute erupts over AI-voiced Darth Vader in Fortnite (arstechnica.com)
On Monday, SAG-AFTRA filed an unfair labor practice charge with the National Labor Relations Board against Epic subsidiary Llama Productions for implementing an AI-generated Darth Vader voice in Fortnite on Friday without first notifying or bargaining with the union, as their contract requires.

Labor Disputes, Video Games, Artificial Intelligence, Unionization

7 points by danaris 4 days ago | 2 comments

Microsoft workers say they've been fired after protest over Israel contract (apnews.com)
Microsoft has fired two employees who interrupted the company’s 50th anniversary celebration to protest its work supplying artificial intelligence technology to the Israeli military, according to a group representing the workers.

Microsoft, Labor Disputes, Artificial Intelligence, Israel, Military

18 points by josefresco 45 days ago | 22 comments

Microsoft fires engineers who protested during company's 50th anniversary (cnbc.com)

Microsoft, Layoffs, Labor Disputes, Protests

44 points by rfarley04 46 days ago | 65 comments

More than 30 Apex Legends voice actors refuse to sign agreement (pcgamer.com)

Video Games, Voice Acting, Labor Disputes

6 points by 01-_- 82 days ago | 2 comments

East and Gulf Coast ports strike (cnbc.com)

East Coast, Gulf Coast, Ports, Labor Disputes, Strikes

56 points by FollowingTheDao 234 days ago | 89 comments

Entire Annapurna Game Team Resigns (bloomberg.com)
The entire staff of Annapurna Interactive, the video-game publishing division of Megan Ellison’s Annapurna studio, resigned this month following a dispute with its owner.

Video Games, Gaming Industry, Resignations, Labor Disputes

80 points by tmendez 253 days ago | 18 comments

Samsung workers begin three-day general strike over pay (france24.com)

Labor Disputes, Samsung, South Korea

3 points by webhat 319 days ago | 0 comments

Boeing locks out private firefighters after contract talks break down (wsws.org)

Boeing, Labor Disputes, Fire Safety

13 points by PaulHoule 375 days ago | 5 comments

Google Fires 28 Workers Protesting $1.2B Israeli Contract (yahoo.com)

Google, Labor Disputes, Israel, Technology, Politics

13 points by mandeepj 400 days ago | 0 comments

Google workers arrested after nine-hour protest in cloud chief's office (cnbc.com)

Google, Protests, Labor Disputes, Technology, Cloud Computing

16 points by belter 401 days ago | 24 comments