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☆ Amazon Prime Day delivery workers say they're planning to grab early-morning shifts and take toilet paper with them
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-15 | by ( Alex Bitter | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

Read previewAs Amazon's Prime Day approaches, one delivery driver in Texas has a strategy for handling the coming avalanche of packages. Flex workers, meanwhile, are independent contractors who are paid per shift (or "block," as the workers call them) and use their own cars to work. Some Amazon delivery workers said they peed in bottles as they faced pressure to complete their routes, BI reported in 2018. "Amazon Flex delivery partners have the freedom to take breaks and run errands during their delivery window specified in-app," Branden Baribeau, an Amazon spokesperson, told BI. AdvertisementDo you work for Amazon Flex, Whole Foods, Amazon Fresh, or another part of Amazon's retail business and have a story idea to share?

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☆ Why older workers are critical to AI adoption in the office
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-13 | by ( Rachel Curry | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +6 min

Some of this stems from the belief that AI benefits workers with greater task-based responsibilities versus the broader job responsibilities of higher-level workers (with many experts saying AI is nearly at the level of a good intern). Still, 30% of senior-level employees fear they'll be fired for lacking AI skills, according to a recent report from online tutoring company Preply. Experienced employees can master AI insightsDespite the general stereotype that older workers (who often make up the senior-level echelon) have a harder time adapting to new technology, Preston recognizes that these are the workers for whom AI has unique advantages. "It would be easy to write off older workers and say this is just going to be too hard for them, they're not going to adapt," Preston said. "Let's lean into the value of AI to help leverage the jobs of the future for older workers, rather than assuming that for some reason, it's going to leave them behind."

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☆ Rudy Giuliani bankruptcy case dismissed, opening door to creditors pursuing collection
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-12 | by ( Dan Mangan | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +2 min

Rudy Giuliani speaks to members of the media where Florida Gov. A New York federal bankruptcy judge on Friday in a scathing ruling dismissed the Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection case of Rudy Giuliani, immediately exposing the newly disbarred former Trump lawyer to his creditors seeking repayments of his massive debts in other court venues. Those creditors include two Georgia election workers, to whom Giuliani owes $148 million in civil damages for defamation from a federal district court jury award in December. Freeman and Moss, unlike many other Giuliani creditors, supported the idea of dismissing the bankruptcy case in the Southern District of New York, which he filed days after losing the defamation judgment. In his ruling on Friday, Bankruptcy Judge Sean Lane wrote that he "finds that dismissal of this bankruptcy case with a one year bar to refiling is in the best interests of creditors."

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☆ Samsung workers in South Korea declare an indefinite strike to campaign for better pay and leave policies
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-10 | by ( Diksha Madhok | Yoonjung Seo | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +3 min

Seoul/New Delhi CNN —The largest labor union at Samsung Electronics in South Korea has declared an indefinite strike after a three-day walkout failed to yield any ground in a tense dispute between workers and the tech giant over pay and bonuses. The announcement Wednesday follows a strike earlier this week involving 6,000 workers, mainly from the company’s semiconductor division, according to the union. The National Samsung Electronics Union (NSEU) said that its 31,000 members — representing a nearly quarter of the company’s total workforce in the country — would launch an indefinite strike from July 10 — the largest labor action in the smartphone and chipmaking giant’s 55-year history. Samsung Electronics said last week that it estimates a more than 15-fold rise in its second-quarter operating profit, as compared to the same time previous year. Jung Yeon-je/AFP/Getty ImagesThe workers want this optimism reflected in their pay.

Persons: Jung Yeon, Son Woomok, chipmaker, ”, Woomok Organizations: New Delhi CNN, Samsung Electronics, National Samsung Electronics Union, Getty, CNN Locations: Seoul, New Delhi, South Korea

☆ Tesla prioritizes Musk's and other 'VIP' drivers' data to train self-driving software
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-09 | by ( Grace Kay | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +14 min

Business Insider has learned that those annotators focus their efforts on two high-profile categories of drivers: Tesla CEO Elon Musk and a select set of "VIP" drivers. These drivers are internally referred to as "VIP" users and their data is at times put in VIP queues, according to the workers. Related storiesData collected from VIP users, including high-profile Tesla drivers who post on YouTube, is scrutinized more heavily and more likely to be labeled, three current and former workers said. They said they'd been specifically told by leads on their teams that they were working on "VIP data" and had received overtime pay to work on the data ahead of FSD updates. Tesla's self-driving in the regulatory spotlightTesla has come under increasing scrutiny from regulators over the self-driving software and the company's marketing of the service.

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And at some Chipotle locations, customers filmed workers to try to make sure they didn't skimp on their burrito bowls. The three joined a growing list of consumer brands contending with customers' deep frustration over high prices — and wariness that prices will only rise more. Walmart, on the other hand, said the new price tags will cut a tedious task from store workers' to-do lists. They eliminate the need for store workers to swap out traditional paper tags. Shoppers at a Walmart store in Secaucus, New Jersey, US, on Tuesday, March 5, 2024.

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☆ Secret Lounges for Crew on Silversea's New Silver Ray Cruise Ship
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-07 | by ( Brittany Chang | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +1 min

Silversea's new Silver Ray cruise ship has 544 crew members to tend to its 728 guests. The ship has 333 crew cabins and 540 beds, which means some have to share their rooms. download the app Email address Sign up By clicking “Sign Up”, you accept our Terms of Service and Privacy Policy . AdvertisementIt takes a village to keep a cruise ship running. On luxury cruise line Silversea's new ship, Silver Ray, guests can dine on free tins of caviar, luxuriate in the complimentary spa, and drink as many fancy cocktails as their hearts desire.

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☆ Tech workers look like the real winners of the AI talent war
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-07 | by ( Jyoti Mann | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +1 min

Big Tech firms such as Google and Microsoft are competing for top AI talent. But workers may be the real winners of the battle as they're securing bigger compensation packages. AdvertisementTech companies are embroiled in an intense war for top AI talent. "AI talent is in high demand, with companies offering impressive compensation. This competitive market is pushing up salaries and providing attractive financial incentives for tech workers," Srinivasan said.

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☆ Insider Today: Biden's denial
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-07 | by ( Matt Turner | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

This week's dispatchWin McNamee/Getty Images; iStock; Rebecca Zisser/BIPressure on Biden buildsUS President Joe Biden had a terrible debate. He's done little to turn things around since and appears to be in denial over the damage done to his campaign. AdvertisementThat's the story of a critical 10-day period in the US presidential race, which kicked off with Biden's historically bad debate performance. Biden's poor performance led to a Democrat freak out and growing calls for Biden to step aside. Neither sentiment is likely to satisfy the many Democrats who have serious concerns about Biden's mental acuity and electability.

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☆ Gaza: The Labour party’s position on the conflict appears to have cost it votes in the UK election
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-05 | by ( Christian Edwards | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +5 min

Corbyn won 49.2% of the vote, while the Labour candidate came in second with 34.4%. Many of these seats where Labour appears to have lost votes over its position on Gaza have sizable Muslim populations. She said, after Streeting abstained from a vote on a Gaza ceasefire, she decided to enter politics and abdicate from Labour. “As a Palestinian, that place is no longer for me… The Labour party does not represent us,” she told CNN. Meanwhile Jess Phillips, also a prominent Labour figure, won her Birmingham Yardley seat by just 693 votes.

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☆ Now we know how much it costs to make a $2,800 Dior bag
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-03 | by ( Shubhangi Goel | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Prosectors said these companies exploited workers to pump out bags for a small fraction of their store price. According to documents examined by authorities, Dior paid a supplier $57 to produce bags that retail for about $2,780, Reuters reported last month. Court documents showed that Dior, a subsidiary of LVMH, submitted a memo highlighting its supply chain improvements, the Wall Street Journal reported Tuesday. Advertisement"It's not something sporadic that concerns single production lots, but a generalized and consolidated manufacturing method," said court documents seen by Reuters about the decision to place Dior under administration. "The main problem is obviously people being mistreated: applying labour laws, so health and safety, hours, pay," Milan Court President Fabio Roia told Reuters earlier this year.

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☆ Extended CDK outage brings chaos to car dealers
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-30 | by ( Samantha Delouya | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +4 min

CNN —As the ongoing systems outage at software provider CDK Global stretches into its second week, car dealerships are racking up millions of dollars in losses, according to a new estimate. Piecemeal progressThe outage began last Wednesday after two cyber incidents halted the company’s systems, which provide software to nearly 15,000 car dealerships across North America, according to CDK. “I work at a major body shop, and it has really hurt us,” one worker wrote to CNN about the outage. “15,000 dealerships is an awful lot to have control over when you do the math,” Irvin said of CDK. And after more than a week at home, Phillips’ boss texted him to return to work on Friday.

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☆ A new study suggests a culprit in bird flu's rapid spread through US cattle, and how to stop it
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-29 | by ( Morgan Mcfall-Johnsen | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

Read previewContaminated milk may be spreading H5N1 bird flu between dairy cattle, contributing to a major outbreak across 12 US states. A new study shows the virus can survive for over an hour in raw (unpasteurized) milk left on the surfaces of materials used in equipment for milking dairy cattle. That's a clue in the mystery of how the virus has spread so rapidly between US dairy cattle, infecting over 130 herds in Idaho, Michigan, Colorado, Texas, and more. The cattle outbreak has scientists increasingly worried that the H5N1 virus could mutate enough to cause an outbreak in humans. However, the study suggests that cleaning milking equipment between cows and outfitting workers with protective gear could help prevent the spread.

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☆ A Southwest flight took off from a closed runway, forcing workers to clear out
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-28 | by ( Gregory Wallace | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +2 min

CNN —Airport employees in Portland, Maine, were forced to clear out of the way when a Southwest Airlines jet on the morning of June 25 took off from a closed runway, according to air traffic control recordings. Controllers and pilots warned the crew of Southwest 4805 several times that the runway was closed, the recordings made by LiveATC.net show. “There’s an airport vehicle,” one voice warned over the radio. The Boston controller later told Southwest they departed three minutes before the runway reopened. The tower controller told the workers over the radio that he knew “you were on the runway and had to exit” because of the takeoff.

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☆ The Boeing saga has reached a new level of absurdity
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-28 | by ( Elisabeth Buchwald | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +4 min

New York CNN —If you’re a PR person, I can’t possibly think of a harder job right now than working at Boeing. Boeing held a press conference from a factory in Renton, Washington, on Thursday to talk about quality improvements. But strangely enough, Boeing sharing that information itself got Boeing in trouble with the NTSB. Clean up, clean up everybody everywhereWhen the NTSB’s statement went out, Boeing’s PR team went back into crisis clean-up mode. At the same time, rules are rules no matter how hypocritical they are.

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☆ New discoveries show what life was like for the ultra-wealthy in Ancient Rome after Pompeii excavation
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-27 | by ( Jenny Mcgrath | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +1 min

A vivid blue shrine showcased the owner's deep pockets. Archaeologists believe this room, painted an unusual light blue color, may have been used as a shrine by the house's owners. The owners had it painted blue, which would have been very rare and expensive at the time. "Having a whole room painted in blue would have made a major statement about the wealth of the house owner," Barrett said. A pile of oyster shells was found near other building materials, Barrett said.

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☆ Boeing blames missing paperwork for Alaska Air door plug incident
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-27 | by ( Gregory Wallace | Chris Isidore | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +5 min

Renton, Washington CNN —The missing paperwork on the 737 Max that lost a door plug on an Alaska Airlines flight in January isn’t just making it difficult to find out who made the near tragic mistake. It was already well known that no documentation was found to show who worked on the door plug. Without the bolts, the door plug incident was pretty much inevitable. Removing a door plug after a plane arrives from Spirit AeroSystems rarely happens, Lund added, so no one was aware the door plug needed attention. NTSB Chair Jennifer Homendy has testified about the missing paperwork at Congressional hearings since then.

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☆ Markets are adjusting to stubborn inflation. Election noise could spoil the calm
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-27 | by ( Nicole Goodkind | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +8 min

Add to that the noise surrounding the US election, and it could be a rougher second half. Central Banks in Canada and the eurozone have both cut interest rates, but inflation rose in both of those regions last month. Australia, meanwhile, saw its inflation rate rise to 4% this week, stoking fears that the Reserve Bank of Australia could soon move to raise rates again. It was already well known that no documentation was found to show who worked on the door plug. Without the bolts, the door plug incident was pretty much inevitable.

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Boeing said it had previously investigated Cuevas’ allegations and they did not pose a safety problem. Cuevas said he filed a complaint with Boeing’s ethics hotline, reporting to management that he believed Spirit was hiding the issues from Boeing. He also alleges that Boeing opened an investigation into Cuevas’ concerns in October 2023, alerting Spirit management to the complaints. A separate report found “gaps” in Boeing’s safety culture, including a disconnect between management and employees, and fears among employees about retaliation for reporting safety concerns. Calhoun said Boeing is “far from perfect,” and he acknowledged that the company will not easily regain the public’s trust.

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For many years, South Korean activists and North Korean defectors have sent balloons to the North, loaded with propaganda material criticizing dictator Kim Jong Un and USB sticks filled with K-pop songs and South Korean television shows – all strictly prohibited in the impoverished, highly isolated nation. Choi, co-founder of the Committee for Reforming and Opening North Korea, is among the North Korean defectors who have vowed to continue sending balloons to their homeland. The leaflets include declarations of freedom for the North Korean people, and propaganda messages against dictator Kim Jong Un. Charles Miller/CNNFitted with GPS trackers, the activists can monitor these next generation “smart” balloons in real time on journeys that often span hundreds of kilometers. Relations between the two countries thawed somewhat in 2017 and 2018, allowing some South Korean elements, including parts of its pop culture, to seep into the hermit nation.

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☆ Levi’s under fire after supplier laid off hundreds of workers in Turkey
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-26 | by ( Scott Mclean | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +10 min

Ozak Tekstil told CNN it had terminated the workers “as a last resort” when they declined an invitation to return to work. If it refused, “we will be forced to take the appropriate next steps to uphold workers’ rights,” Levi’s wrote. It did not reinstate all of the fired workers. Inside the Ozak Tekstil factory in Sanliurfa, Turkey, in December 2023. The Ozak Tekstil factory in Sanliurfa, Turkey, in December 2023.

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☆ A return to the roots of presidential debates
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-24 | by ( Zachary B. Wolf | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +10 min

CNN —CNN’s presidential debate will feel like something new for most Americans, but it is actually a return to the roots of presidential debates. J. David Ake/AFP/Getty Images Monica Moorehead, a presidential candidate from the Workers World Party, disrupts a presidential debate in Washington, DC, in 1996. Gerald Herbert/AP Barack Obama, right, and John McCain shake hands at the start of a presidential debate in 2008. Joseph Kaczmarek/AP Obama hugs his wife, Michelle, as Romney kisses his wife, Ann, after their third presidential debate in 2012. Ultimately, the commission was formed to create a nonpartisan framework for presidential debates – something that has been exported to other countries.

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☆ Russia’s shifting tactics put unprecedented pressure on Ukraine’s already hobbled power system
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-22 | by ( Clare Sebastian | Olga Voitovych | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +10 min

“We are doing our best,” Deputy Energy Minister Svitlana Grynchuk told CNN. “I installed them so that my family would not feel uncomfortable when there is no electricity,” he told CNN. The company told CNN it’s also halted the use of air conditioning in administrative buildings, and turned off outdoor lighting. The G7, having already spent $3bn to date to support Ukraine’s energy sector, just announced another $1bn in funding in early June. Ukraine’s energy ministry says it has been building concrete shelters to protect some energy equipment from attacks.

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☆ Disney sued by 2 workers after it asked them to relocate from California to Florida to work at a $1 billion campus, which it later canceled
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-21 | by ( Grace Dean | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Read previewTwo Disney workers have sued the company after it asked them to relocate from California and be based at a new Florida campus — which it later canceled. Last May, Disney scrapped plans to build the nearly $1 billion campus in Lake Nona, Orlando. AdvertisementIn June 2022, Disney told workers that the deadline to relocate to Florida had been pushed back to 2026 because the project's completion had been delayed, the lawsuit said. But then, in May 2023, Disney told employees that the Lake Nona project was canceled. It claims that Disney made untrue statements about the Lake Nona campus to workers to induce workers to relocate.

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☆ Extreme heat takes toll on outdoor workers
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-21 | by ( Alicia Wallace | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +11 min

There’s little to no escape from sweltering temperatures for construction workers like Eva Marroquin, who cleans work sites in Austin, Texas, and has worked in the industry for 17 years. Since 2010, she’s worked closely with the Workers Defense Project, an organization that advocates for protections for low-wage, immigrant workers in the Texas construction industry. Slowing down small businessesIt’s barely just now summer, and heatwaves are already slowing down small businesses, according to Homebase, which provides payroll software to more than 100,000 small businesses, covering 2 million hourly workers. “I think anything that impacts small businesses is affecting the economy as a whole,” he said, noting how small businesses account for half the jobs in the country. For herself, the high heat is more of an inconvenience; the car’s hotter and she just needs to pack some extra water.

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