9 Best Articles in 2022
VICE
Secret Amazon Reports Expose Company Spying on Labor, Environmental Groups
VICE
~17 min read · 2020-11-23 · Leaked documents reveal Amazon's reliance on Pinkerton operatives to spy on workers and its extensive monitoring of labor unions and social movements.
Reader View · Shared by 246, including luis antónio santos, DHH, Matthias Lampe, Thomas Wong, Dr. Prakash Kashwan, hakan, Steve Faktor, Luca Like, Rick Powell, Carolyn Porco, Katja Evertz, Kendra "Gloom is My Beat" Pierre-Louis, Timnit Gebru, Azeem Azhar
The New York Times
Amazon’s Great Labor Awakening
The New York Times
20+ min read · 2021-02-18 · Covid-19 has cemented the e-commerce giant’s hold on the economy — but it has also spurred employees all around the country to organize.
Reader View · Shared by 92, including Jason Stanley, Karen K. Ho, Veni Kunche, luis antónio santos, Christopher D. Long (Крістофер Д. Лонг), San Jose Community NETWORK, Maurits Martijn, Sergio Caredda, p.e. moskowitz
The New York Times
Why Are Young People Pretending to Love Work?
The New York Times
9 min read · From 2019 · I saw the greatest minds of my generation log 18-hour days — and then boast about #hustle on Instagram. When did performative workaholism become a lifestyle?
Reader View · Shared by 290, including Dewane Mutunga 🧠💰 | 📱 Text Me: 347-657-6682, Mark Kaigwa, Erin Ashley, Liv 😷, Mathew Ingram, Klaus Eck, Tyler Tringas, 𝐦𝐫𝐯𝐧 , Niti Shree, Sachin Rekhi, Jonathan Kogan, Liliane Ferrari ™, John Zeratsky, Marsha Collier, Brittany Berger, Fabricio Teixeira, Guy Kawasaki, DHH, Fern, Michelle Tandler ⚖️
Fast Company
This map shows which companies have lasted hundreds (and even thousands) of years
Fast Company
3 min read · From 2020 · A new set of maps charts the world’s oldest companies—and exposes the ways many of them relied on slave labor.
Reader View · Shared by 477, including Antonio Ramos, Jose Paul Martin, Tamsen Webster, Message Strategist (she/her), John Koetsier, Liliane Ferrari ™, Howard Getson, Mark Kaigwa, Shanna Peeples she/her 🏳️🌈, Jennifer Hurst, Gisele Navarro, Jessel Sookha, Jonathan Kogan, Juliana de Albuquerque, Brian Laung Aoaeh, CFA, Matthias Lampe, Nico Müller 🇺🇦, Rick Powell, Eric Vitiello, Katja Evertz, Marius Bleuer
nrn.com
Delivering the Digital Restaurant: This is the root of the labor
nrn.com
4 min read · Mar 30th · The kids aren’t lazy, and your labor woes won’t be fixed by a rush of workers suddenly re-entering the work force. Here’s the real problem — and possible solutions.
Reader View · Shared by 90
Fast Company
What would it look like if we started paying for unpaid labor?
Fast Company
2 min read · Mar 7th · It’s not a coincidence that women do, on average, double the amount of unpaid labor as men, and that millions of women have left to workforce in the last two years. So how can we solve the problem?
Reader View · Shared by 88, including PhilanTopic
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The Evolution of the Labor Share across Developed Countries
clevelandfed.org
9 min read · From 2019 · In most developed countries, the share of output accruing to labor has declined over the last 20 years. However, the underlying reasons for the decrease may have differed in the United States and…
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Global Labor Market Outlook
conference-board.org
1 min read · From 2018 · Labor markets in most mature economies are quite tight, with shortages reaching historic levels in the US, Germany, Japan, and especially Central and Eastern Europe. In this report, we break down the…
Summary · Shared by 78, including getAbstract
Seth Godin
The trough of inefficiency
Seth Godin
1 min read · Feb 2nd · Successful organizations of just one or two freelancers have very high revenue per employee, effective labor utilization and few communications problems. And significant organizations of a hundred …
Shared by 370, including LARRY ELKAN, Mark Kaigwa, Massimiliano Aroffo, IronBrigade - Gaming/Vlogs
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nrn.com
Delivering the Digital Restaurant: This is the root of the labor
nrn.com
4 min read · Mar 30th · The kids aren’t lazy, and your labor woes won’t be fixed by a rush of workers suddenly re-entering the work force. Here’s the real problem — and possible solutions.
Reader View · Shared by 90
Quartz
The US labor shortage is the deserved outcome of a failure to value workers
Quartz
3 min read · Mar 29th · The best way to bring people back to work would be to make work better, putting the policies and practices in place to make sure that what happened to US workers in the pandemic never happens again.
The New York Times
How Two Best Friends Beat Amazon
The New York Times
~11 min read · Apr 2nd · The company’s crackdown on a worker protest in New York backfired and led to a historic labor victory.
Summary · Reader View · Shared by 144, including Anne Helen Petersen, Dr Skye Cleary, Jason Stanley, Johannes Lenz, Craig Brown, PhD, Brian Stelter, Olúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò, Lydia Polgreen, The Indian Express
The Intercept
Leaked: New Amazon Worker Chat App Would Ban Words Like “Union,” “Restrooms,” “Pay Raise,” and “Plantation”
The Intercept
4 min read · Apr 4th · Also: “Grievance,” “slave labor,” “This is dumb,” “living wage,” “diversity,” “vaccine,” and others.
Reader View · Shared by 106, including Tactical Tech, Cory Doctorow, Nick Craver, Yann “shalf@mastodon.social” Heurtaux 不停, Mathew Ingram, Liam Bright, John Koetsier, Steve Faulkner, Tara Pham, Alex Hanna, Ph.D., NREMT, Taylor Lorenz, Josh Bersin ✨
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BuzzFeed News
China's Camps Have Forced Labor And Growing US Market
BuzzFeed News
~16 min read · 2020-12-28 · Observers have long warned of rising forced labor in Xinjiang. Satellite images show factories built just steps away from cell blocks.
Reader View · Shared by 68, including Fred Scharmen, Richard Deitsch, Christopher Mims 🤌, Merkstatt, Francesco Marconi, luis antónio santos
The Verge
How Twitter is shifting the power balance from companies to their employees
The Verge
~11 min read · 2020-07-07 · At the heart of a recent conflict between journalists is a labor movement that few are talking about. Twitter is giving employees a voice, and they’re using it
Reader View · Shared by 57, including DHH, Stephanie A Kowalski, Rachel Miller | #InfluencerMarketing, Chris Messina, Dan Primack, Shelly Kramer, LoriBeth, Mathew Ingram, Evan Kirstel the $B2B Techfluencer, Katja Evertz
Anne Helen Petersen
What If This Is Just the Way Things Are Now
Anne Helen Petersen
9 min read · Mar 17th · One thing I’ve tried to get better at this past year: figuring out how to better acknowledge the labor that goes into work that I enjoy, that I find myself looking forward to, and that challenges me.…
The New York Times
The Myth of Labor Shortages
The New York Times
6 min read · 2021-05-20 · Is the U.S. suffering from a labor shortage? If so, capitalism has an answer.
Reader View · Shared by 49, including Brooks Rainwater, Marshall Shepherd, David Leonhardt, Scott Galloway
The New Yorker
What’s Wrong with the Way We Work
The New Yorker
6 min read · 2021-01-11 · Americans are told to give their all—time, labor, and passion—to their jobs. But do their jobs give enough back?
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Harper's Bazaar
Stop Calling Women Nags — How Emotional Labor is Dragging Down Gender Equality
Harper's Bazaar
8 min read · From 2017 · Emotional labor is the unpaid job men still don't understand.
Reader View · Shared by 44, including mdy, Brian, Nils Hitze
Quartz
The US labor shortage is the deserved outcome of a failure to value workers
Quartz
3 min read · Mar 29th · The best way to bring people back to work would be to make work better, putting the policies and practices in place to make sure that what happened to US workers in the pandemic never happens again.
Anne Helen Petersen
The Age of Houseplants
Anne Helen Petersen
~11 min read · Mar 6th · Do you find yourself opening this newsletter every week? Do you value the labor that goes into it? Have you become a paid subscriber? Think about it! Many of the people who read this newsletter the…
