Crews Claim Boring Company Failed to Pay Workers and Snubbed OSHA Concerns
https://nashvillebanner.com/2025/11/25/boring-company-nashville-shane-trucking-and-excavating/
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MindsEye Developers Criticize Studio Leadership for Mistreatment and Layoffs After Failed Launch
Ninety-three current and former employees of Build A Rocket Boy, alongside the Game Workers Branch of the IWGB union, have issued an open letter condemning the studio’s leadership for 'longstanding disrespect and mistreatment' following the troubled launch of MindsEye. The letter highlights a chaoti... [More info]
An immigration attorney says many South Korean workers detained in a U.S. immigration raid at a Hyundai plant in Georgia were brought in for highly specialized work that Americans aren't trained to perform. Atlanta attorney Charles Kuck represents four South Koreans who were among 475 workers rounded up in the raid last week west of Savannah, They included 300 Korean nationals, and Kuck most had come for short-term jobs installing equipment for producing electric vehicle batteries. The detentions have caused confusion, shock and a sense of betrayal among many people in South Korea, a key U.S. ally.
Gig Companies Violate Workers Rights
https://www.hrw.org/news/2025/05/12/us-major-companies-violate-gig-workers-rights
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Samjong KPMG seminar highlights key considerations for Chinese investment withdrawal, including government approval, labor issues, and remittance risks, as domestic companies reassess their China strategies amid challenging business conditions.
Joe Biden Should Head to Detroit Before Trump Muddies the Waters | The two have radically different records on labor. The auto worker strike is an opportunity for Biden to prove it.
https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2023/09/joe-biden-donald-trump-united-auto-workers-strike
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,#SiliconValley #BigTech #Layoffs #WageSlavery #Unions #LaborIssues: "The clinical cruelty through which some of the layoffs were administered often served to underline that point — Google employees showing up to work to find that their keycards had been deactivated, workers locked out of email accounts and not allowed to enter the offices again, not even to say goodbye to colleagues they had worked with for years.
The tech sector seems to be betting that these massive, algorithmically orchestrated firings will not only cut labor costs, but also once again remind increasingly empowered tech workers of their insecurity, and the power the companies still hold. It’s a bet that has historically paid off and has helped transform the tech giants into some of the most profitable companies in history.
But there’s also a chance that this time, things could be different."
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