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19 Dec

Five more Amazon facilities authorize worker strikes

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Teamsters unions at five additional Amazon facilities have voted to go on strikes, following similar action in New York City and Illinois. The international Brotherhood of Teamsters (IBT) announced in a statement that union members “unanimously” approved measures to authorize strikes in four Southern California facilities and a fifth facility in Atlanta.The four Southern California facilities are based in City of Industry, Palmdale, Victorville and San Bernardino, according to . This brings the total number of Amazon facilities that have authorized worker strikes to eight. The total includes a facility in Skokie, Illinois and on Staten Island and in Queens.…

11 Dec

The Billion-Dollar Adult Streaming Industry Is Fueled by Horrific Labor Abuses

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“When we were talking with workers, they just wanted to get back to the cockroaches, how the studio owner charges them for toilet paper or makes them work when they're on their period. I couldn’t get people to talk to me about platforms, and that’s completely valid because of course you are mad at the guy you know,” Killbride tells WIRED. “But there's a whole other layer that has been left completely invisible. This is a billion-dollar industry that has been able to excuse itself from rebuke.”WIRED attempted to contact BongaCams, Chaturbate, LiveJasmin, and Stripchat to request comment about the…