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[Fwiffo]

Brazil shuts BYD factory site over 'slavery' conditions

More than 160 workers have been rescued, according to local prosecutors.

www.bbc.com

31 to one toilet. Beds without mattresses. Now they are in hotels and vehicle prices will have to go up to compensate.

 

[Grand Potentate]

Now they are in hotels and vehicle prices will have to go up to compensate.

why can't we just have slavery already?

 

[Fwiffo]

why can't we just have slavery already?

There are DEI implications that need to be sorted out.

 

[Fwiffo]

JPMorgan Chase to order staffers back to office 5 days a week: report

The bank – the largest in the US with more than 300,000 employees worldwide – is expected to announce the change in the next few weeks, according to a report.

nypost.com

Tens of thousands of Amazon workers return to in-person work in Washington

Tens of thousands of more vehicles hit the road in the Seattle metro area on Monday after Amazon workers had to return to the office for the first full week in years.

www.foxbusiness.com

Minimum 5 days. Be happy it's not a half day on the weekend too.

 

[Fwiffo]

Shein: Inside the Chinese factories fuelling the company's success

Workers making clothes for the fast fashion giant tell the BBC they labour for up to 75 hours a week.

www.bbc.com

It looks better than Temu!

 

[Fwiffo]

Meta announces 5% cuts in preparation for 'intense year' — read the internal memo

The company specified that it is “exiting approximately 5% of our lowest performers” in a separate message posted by a company director.

www.nbcnews.com

“move out low performers faster”...especially if you were a fact checker!

 

[Grand Potentate]

Amazon ditches AI-powered features at Fresh grocery stores

Amazon is discontinuing its Just Walk Out technology amid reports that it outsourced 1,000 jobs in India to monitor videos of people shopping. Amazon has denied the claims.

www.dailymail.co.uk

 

[Fwiffo]

I was a bit confused by the story. The Indians are now the virtual checkout 'software' by looking through the video camera software? Or training the system and quality assurance is done in India?

There was a similar story on NBC where Wendy's drive through is handled by artificial intelligence.

 

[Grand Potentate]

Workers at Philadelphia Whole Foods Market become 1st to unionize at the Amazon-owned grocery chain

Workers at a Whole Foods Market in Philly have voted to unionize, becoming the first group of employees to pull off a labor win at the chain.

www.cbsnews.com

 

[Fwiffo]

Canned soup summer: Bargain hunters are ditching snacks for pantry staples

Campbell’s is seeing demand drift from snacks toward square meals as consumers shift their food spending from McDonald’s and the chips aisle to dollar store shelves.

www.nbcnews.com

I remember when Campbell's was wondering what would bring people back to their soups. Apparently you just wait for a shift in the economy and people will just come back to you.

"Months earlier, the company became Walmart’s exclusive BNPL provider and teamed up with DoorDash to offer installment loans for takeout meals."

If you need to pay in installments for your takeaway, should you really be buying it?

 

[Fwiffo]

Shutdown pain intensifies as air traffic controllers lose pay, and food assistance is drying up

Food assistance, health care costs, air travel, and military pay all face major strain if the shutdown extends beyond this week.

www.nbcnews.com

Working for free. It’s like perestroika.