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  • Pregnant Caucasian businesswoman working in officeWorkplace Culture

    Education Department targets pregnant, LGBTQ staff protections

    By Josh Eidelson and Bloomberg
  • A large G logo outside of the Google office in CaliforniaTech

    Alphabet AI workers were illegally silenced about pay, complaint alleges

    By Josh Eidelson and Bloomberg
  • crowded Apple StoreTech

    Retail workers at an Apple store in New Jersey vote against unionizing in the first such defeat for the CWA

    By Josh Eidelson and Bloomberg
  • Andy Jassy, chief executive officer of Amazon.ComTech

    Amazon CEO Andy Jassy broke labor law with anti-union remarks, judge rules—and tells the online giant to remind employees of their rights

    By Josh Eidelson and Bloomberg
  • Gavin NewsomPolitics

    Unusual exemption to California minimum wage law massively benefits long-time Gavin Newsom donor, Panera billionaire

    By Daniela Sirtori-Cortina, Eliyahu Kamisher, and others
  • A pin showing the Starbucks Workers United union logoRetail

    Starbucks’ surprise pivot to work with its main union is a landmark labor moment

    By Josh Eidelson and Bloomberg
  • LOS ANGELES, CA-MARCH 24, 2023: Clockwise from top left-Former Starbucks employee Emily Wheeler, and current Starbucks employees Veronica Gonzalez, Jesse De La Cruz, Kat Ramos and Leila Trejo, stand together for a photograph in front of a Starbucks Coffee located on Central Ave. in downtown Los Angeles, at conclusion of a press conference they attended to announce SB 627-the Displaced Workers Transfer Rights Act, that will hold corporate chain employers accountable for using store closures in a discriminatory or retaliatory manner and give the workers preferential transfer options to other store locations. (Mel Melcon / Los Angeles Times via Getty Images)Retail

    Starbucks and union agree to restart contract talks as new CEO Laxman Narasimhan pivots away from tough stance of founder Howard Schultz

    By Daniela Sirtori-Cortina, Josh Eidelson, and others
  • Elon MuskSuccess

    Elon Musk fired an X employee over a social media post protesting RTO orders and he was right to, lawyer says

    By Josh Eidelson and Bloomberg
  • Elon Musk, chief executive officer of Tesla Inc., speaks at the Atreju convention in Rome, Italy, on Saturday, Dec. 16, 2023. The annual event, organized by Giorgia Meloni’s Brothers of Italy party, began in 1998 as a convention for right-wing youths and has evolved into a political kermesse, including ministers and members of the opposition. Photographer: Alessia Pierdomenico/Bloomberg via Getty ImagesPolitics

    Elon Musk and SpaceX are right about the National Labor Relations Board being unconstitutional, argues Trader Joe’s

    By Josh Eidelson and Bloomberg
  • ROME, ITALY – DECEMBER 15: Elon Musk, chief executive officer of Tesla Inc and X (formerly Twitter) Ceo speaks at the Atreju political convention organized by militants of Fratelli d’Italia (Brothers of Italy), on December 15, 2023 in Rome, Italy. Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni’s right-wing political party organised a four-day political festival in the Italian capital. (Photo by Antonio Masiello/Getty Images)Tech

    SpaceX workers who criticized CEO Elon Musk for being a ‘distraction and embarrassment’ were illegally fired in retaliation, NLRB alleges

    By Josh Eidelson, Loren Grush, and others
  • Elon Musk, chief executive officer of Tesla Inc., during a fireside discussion on artificial intelligence risks with Rishi Sunak, UK prime minister, not pictured, in London, UK, on Thursday, Nov. 2, 2023. Sunak convened this week’s AI summit in an effort to position the UK at the forefront of global efforts to stave off the risks presented by the rapidly-advancing technology, which in the prime minister’s own words, could extend as far as human extinction. Photographer: Tolga Akmen/EPA/Bloomberg via Getty ImagesSuccess

    ‘We can beat anybody’: Autoworkers’ union puts anti-union Elon Musk and Tesla in its sights after prevailing against Detroit’s Big 3

    By Josh Eidelson and Bloomberg
  • NEW YORK, NY – APRIL 29: People walk past the front of the New York Times building on April 29, 2023, in New York City. (Photo by Gary Hershorn/Getty Images)Success

    New York Times tech workers strike over a return-to-the-office mandate issued without negotiations: ‘The company continues to act like we don’t exist’

    By Josh Eidelson and Bloomberg
  • WASHINGTON, DC – SEPTEMBER 13: Elon Musk, CEO of Tesla and X, speaks to reporters as he leaves the “AI Insight Forum” at the Russell Senate Office Building on Capitol Hill on September 13, 2023 in Washington, DC. Lawmakers are seeking input from business leaders in the artificial intelligence sector, and some of their most ardent opponents, for writing legislation governing the rapidly evolving technology. (Photo by Nathan Howard/Getty Images)Tech

    Elon Musk’s X illegally fired employee for publicly blasting the company’s return to office plans, labor regulator alleges

    By Josh Eidelson and Bloomberg
  • WASHINGTON, DC – JUNE 11: ACLU’s Anthony D. Romero speaks at the 2018 ACLU National Conference at the Washington Convention Center on June 11, 2018 in Washington, DC. (Photo by Paul Morigi/Getty Images)Leadership

    ACLU, a big defender of free speech, illegally fired worker for complaining about working conditions, labor board says

    By Josh Eidelson and Bloomberg
  • PRODUCTION – 11 July 2022, Baden-Wuerttemberg, Stuttgart: ILLUSTRATION – A teenager taps the TikTok logo on a smartphone. Photo: Marijan Murat/dpa (Photo by Marijan Murat/picture alliance via Getty Images)Tech

    TikTok fired Black workers for speaking out about racism that included lower pay and being called a ‘black snake’, civil rights complaint alleges

    By Josh Eidelson and Bloomberg