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Elon Musk Pursued Women Working At SpaceX For Sex: Report
Fired SpaceX engineers have filed a lawsuit against Elon Musk for sexual harassment and retaliation in California state court, escalating their multifront legal battle with the billionaire chief executive and his aerospace company.
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Starbucks Illegally Refused To Negotiate With Workers On Zoom: Report
Starbucks Corp. violated federal law by refusing to fairly negotiate with workers at dozens of newly unionized cafes across the country, US labor board prosecutors alleged.
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On First Day At Work, New Starbucks CEO Faces Strikes Across 40 US Cities
The work stoppage comes one day before Starbucks's annual shareholder meeting, the first for new CEO Laxman Narasimhan, who officially took the reins from Howard Schultz this week.
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Elon Musk's New Headache: Severance Pay For Laid Off Twitter Workers
Twitter Inc. employees who were laid off shortly after Elon Musk took over are still awaiting details of their severance packages months after being let go, leading to further legal trouble for the new owner.
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Twitter Sued in Class Action Lawsuit Over Mass Layoffs by Elon Musk Without Enough Notice
Twitter has been sued over the microblogging service's plan to cut about 3,700 jobs at the social media platform, without enough notice as required under US federal and California law, in a class action lawsuit on Thursday. The company plans to start cutting staff on Friday, it revealed to employees in an email. However, the The federal Worker Adju...
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Twitter Sued For Mass Layoffs By Elon Musk Without Enough Notice
Twitter Inc. was sued over Elon Musk's plan to eliminate about 3,700 jobs at the social-media platform -- half of its workforce -- which workers say the company is doing without enough notice in violation of federal and California law.
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"Cute Lunchbox But...": New York Times' Return To Work Perk Backfires
Hundreds of New York Times Co. employees are working from home this week in defiance of the company's renewed return-to-office push.
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IBM Emails Show Millennial Workers Favoured Over "Dinobabies"
IBM executives discussed in emails how to force out older workers and derided them as "Dinobabies" who should be made an "Extinct species," according to a court filing in an age discrimination case against the company.
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Amazon Work Rules Govern Tweets, Body Odour of Contract Drivers
Thousands of Amazon workers aren’t employed by the Seattle leviathan. They work for small, independent businesses with contracts to transport packages for Amazon. But that hasn’t stopped the company from dictating the state of their fingernails — and a whole lot more.
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Google Turmoil Exposes Cracks Long in Making for Top AI Watchdog
In 2020, Google’s AI division's leadership began to collapse after the contentious exit of prominent Black researcher Timnit Gebru over a paper the company saw as critical of its own artificial intelligence technology. To outsiders, the decision undermined the very ideals the group was trying to uphold. To insiders, this promising ethical AI effo...
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Google AI Researchers Lay Out Demands, Escalating Internal Fight
A group of Google artificial intelligence researchers sent a sweeping list of demands to management calling for new policies and leadership changes, escalating a conflict at one of the company’s prized units.
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"...Like Souffle Under Sledgehammer": Elon Musk's Warning In Internal Memo
Tesla Inc. Chief Executive Officer Elon Musk warned in an internal email his company's rallying shares could get "crushed" if investors start to worry about the electric-car manufacturer's ability to deliver on profit expectations.
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''...Like Souffle Under Sledgehammer": Elon Musks Warning In Internal Memo
Elon Musk urged employees to stay focused on cutting costs and prevent a reversal in Tesla's soaring stock price in an email sent Tuesday to employees as the Palo Alto, California-based company works to meet a target of delivering half a million cars this year
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Tesla Said to Ready Production Boost, Flag Return to Hiring Mode
Tesla is poised to increase production at its California car plant and is back in hiring mode, according to an internal email sent days after the company wrapped up a record quarter of deliveries.
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Google Workers Petition San Francisco Pride to Exclude Company From Parade
Almost 100 Google employees are urging the organiser of this weekend's San Francisco Pride parade to kick the company out of the celebration.
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Elon Musk Pursued Women Working At SpaceX For Sex: Report
Fired SpaceX engineers have filed a lawsuit against Elon Musk for sexual harassment and retaliation in California state court, escalating their multifront legal battle with the billionaire chief executive and his aerospace company.
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Starbucks Illegally Refused To Negotiate With Workers On Zoom: Report
Starbucks Corp. violated federal law by refusing to fairly negotiate with workers at dozens of newly unionized cafes across the country, US labor board prosecutors alleged.
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On First Day At Work, New Starbucks CEO Faces Strikes Across 40 US Cities
The work stoppage comes one day before Starbucks's annual shareholder meeting, the first for new CEO Laxman Narasimhan, who officially took the reins from Howard Schultz this week.
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Elon Musk's New Headache: Severance Pay For Laid Off Twitter Workers
Twitter Inc. employees who were laid off shortly after Elon Musk took over are still awaiting details of their severance packages months after being let go, leading to further legal trouble for the new owner.
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Twitter Sued in Class Action Lawsuit Over Mass Layoffs by Elon Musk Without Enough Notice
Twitter has been sued over the microblogging service's plan to cut about 3,700 jobs at the social media platform, without enough notice as required under US federal and California law, in a class action lawsuit on Thursday. The company plans to start cutting staff on Friday, it revealed to employees in an email. However, the The federal Worker Adju...
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Twitter Sued For Mass Layoffs By Elon Musk Without Enough Notice
Twitter Inc. was sued over Elon Musk's plan to eliminate about 3,700 jobs at the social-media platform -- half of its workforce -- which workers say the company is doing without enough notice in violation of federal and California law.
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"Cute Lunchbox But...": New York Times' Return To Work Perk Backfires
Hundreds of New York Times Co. employees are working from home this week in defiance of the company's renewed return-to-office push.
-
IBM Emails Show Millennial Workers Favoured Over "Dinobabies"
IBM executives discussed in emails how to force out older workers and derided them as "Dinobabies" who should be made an "Extinct species," according to a court filing in an age discrimination case against the company.
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Amazon Work Rules Govern Tweets, Body Odour of Contract Drivers
Thousands of Amazon workers aren’t employed by the Seattle leviathan. They work for small, independent businesses with contracts to transport packages for Amazon. But that hasn’t stopped the company from dictating the state of their fingernails — and a whole lot more.
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Google Turmoil Exposes Cracks Long in Making for Top AI Watchdog
In 2020, Google’s AI division's leadership began to collapse after the contentious exit of prominent Black researcher Timnit Gebru over a paper the company saw as critical of its own artificial intelligence technology. To outsiders, the decision undermined the very ideals the group was trying to uphold. To insiders, this promising ethical AI effo...
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Google AI Researchers Lay Out Demands, Escalating Internal Fight
A group of Google artificial intelligence researchers sent a sweeping list of demands to management calling for new policies and leadership changes, escalating a conflict at one of the company’s prized units.
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"...Like Souffle Under Sledgehammer": Elon Musk's Warning In Internal Memo
Tesla Inc. Chief Executive Officer Elon Musk warned in an internal email his company's rallying shares could get "crushed" if investors start to worry about the electric-car manufacturer's ability to deliver on profit expectations.
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''...Like Souffle Under Sledgehammer": Elon Musks Warning In Internal Memo
Elon Musk urged employees to stay focused on cutting costs and prevent a reversal in Tesla's soaring stock price in an email sent Tuesday to employees as the Palo Alto, California-based company works to meet a target of delivering half a million cars this year
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Tesla Said to Ready Production Boost, Flag Return to Hiring Mode
Tesla is poised to increase production at its California car plant and is back in hiring mode, according to an internal email sent days after the company wrapped up a record quarter of deliveries.
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Google Workers Petition San Francisco Pride to Exclude Company From Parade
Almost 100 Google employees are urging the organiser of this weekend's San Francisco Pride parade to kick the company out of the celebration.
