Amazon uses worker surveillance to boost performance and stop staff joining unions, study says
The report calls for the National Labor Relations Board to prohibit invasive surveillance on workers
Amazon has been accused of using surveillance technology on workers to stymie unionisation efforts and boost employee productivity, according to a research paper released by the Open Markets Institute on Monday.
Reuters first reported the findings.
Open Markets Institute, an advocacy group that focuses on antitrust and tech company monopolies reported that Amazon utilises navigation software, item scanners, wristbands, thermal cameras, security cameras and recorded footage to keep its store and warehouse workers under close watch.
The group claims Amazon uses these tools to influence where it stations its employees in an effort to undermine potential unionisation efforts.
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/amazon-surveillance-unions-report-a9697861.html
#Amazon #worker #surveillance
The report calls for the National Labor Relations Board to prohibit invasive surveillance on workers
Amazon has been accused of using surveillance technology on workers to stymie unionisation efforts and boost employee productivity, according to a research paper released by the Open Markets Institute on Monday.
Reuters first reported the findings.
Open Markets Institute, an advocacy group that focuses on antitrust and tech company monopolies reported that Amazon utilises navigation software, item scanners, wristbands, thermal cameras, security cameras and recorded footage to keep its store and warehouse workers under close watch.
The group claims Amazon uses these tools to influence where it stations its employees in an effort to undermine potential unionisation efforts.
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/amazon-surveillance-unions-report-a9697861.html
#Amazon #worker #surveillance
The Independent
Amazon uses surveillance to stop unions, boost productivity
The report calls for the National Labor Relations Board to prohibit invasive surveillance on workers
Google illegally spied on workers before firing them, US labor board alleges
Company policies violated labor law, according to the complaint
Google violated US labor laws by spying on workers who were organizing employee protests, then firing two of them, according to a complaint to be filed by the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) today.
The complaint names two employees, Laurence Berland and Kathryn Spiers, both of whom were fired by the company in late 2019 in connection with employee activism. Berland was organizing against Google’s decision to work with IRI Consultants, a firm widely known for its anti-union efforts, when he was let go for reviewing other employees’ calendars. Now, the NLRB has found Google’s policy against employees looking at certain coworkers’ calendars is unlawful.
https://www.theverge.com/2020/12/2/22047383/google-spied-workers-before-firing-labor-complaint
#Google #worker #surveillance #privacy
Company policies violated labor law, according to the complaint
Google violated US labor laws by spying on workers who were organizing employee protests, then firing two of them, according to a complaint to be filed by the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) today.
The complaint names two employees, Laurence Berland and Kathryn Spiers, both of whom were fired by the company in late 2019 in connection with employee activism. Berland was organizing against Google’s decision to work with IRI Consultants, a firm widely known for its anti-union efforts, when he was let go for reviewing other employees’ calendars. Now, the NLRB has found Google’s policy against employees looking at certain coworkers’ calendars is unlawful.
https://www.theverge.com/2020/12/2/22047383/google-spied-workers-before-firing-labor-complaint
#Google #worker #surveillance #privacy
Bad software sent postal workers to jail, because no one wanted to admit it could be wrong
Data from the Horizon system was used to prove they stole money — but they didn't
For the past 20 years UK Post Office employees have been dealing with a piece of software called Horizon, which had a fatal flaw: bugs that made it look like employees stole tens of thousands of British pounds.
This led to some local postmasters being convicted of crimes, even being sent to prison, because the Post Office doggedly insisted the software could be trusted.
After fighting for decades, 39 people are finally having their convictions overturned, after what is reportedly the largest miscarriage of justice that the UK has ever seen.
https://www.theverge.com/2021/4/23/22399721/uk-post-office-software-bug-criminal-convictions-overturned
#UK #PostOffice #worker #bad #software #miscarriage #justice
Data from the Horizon system was used to prove they stole money — but they didn't
For the past 20 years UK Post Office employees have been dealing with a piece of software called Horizon, which had a fatal flaw: bugs that made it look like employees stole tens of thousands of British pounds.
This led to some local postmasters being convicted of crimes, even being sent to prison, because the Post Office doggedly insisted the software could be trusted.
After fighting for decades, 39 people are finally having their convictions overturned, after what is reportedly the largest miscarriage of justice that the UK has ever seen.
https://www.theverge.com/2021/4/23/22399721/uk-post-office-software-bug-criminal-convictions-overturned
#UK #PostOffice #worker #bad #software #miscarriage #justice