The historic union vote at Amazon’s warehouse in Bessemer, Alabama, comes at a pivotal moment for US unions. While the result has not yet been declared (at the time of…
Uber, Lyft and other gig economy giants have launched Proposition 22, a campaign to enable workers to “choose to work as independent contractors with control over where, when, how long and for who they work”, rather than be reclassified as employees with rights.
A small group of companies providing AI services claim that they are treating their contract data workers ethically, by providing benefits usually only available to employees. AI depends on a lot…
A landmark bill has been passed in California that entitles gig workers to protections usually reserved for employees, such as the minimum wage, health insurance and unemployment benefits. Californians supported the bill,…
Gender inequality is one of the most pervasive development challenges, intersecting with economic inequalities, class, race and public health. The Sustainable Development Goals recognize this intersectionality. SDG5 focusses specifically on…
Since November of 2017, Ford Motor Company has been testing EksoVests in two of their plants. As of August 2018, Ford will be distributing 75 vests to employees at 15…
Some 2000-odd women are protecting the biosphere in the Gulf of Mannar. The thing to note is that these are backward communities, which is why it’s a big deal that women…
A startup called Bionik Laboratories has paired Amazon’s Alexa AI software with its Arke lower-body exoskeleton. This allows the exoskeleton wearers to control it with their voice. The company developed…
Researchers from Stanford University created a ‘flash organisation’ to work alongside designer Daniel Steinbock to produce his new card game called True Story. ‘Flash organisations are a new crowdsourcing technique that…
This is a signal of change for sustainability consulting firms. Sustainability Firm EcoVadis Receives More Than $30 Million in Venture Funding EcoVadis, a French technology firm that ranks companies for…
Building a robot that can sew even simple clothes is surprisingly hard. Robots are good at dealing with things that are rigid, but not with soft, flexible things like fabric….
A recent trial conducted by McDonald’s in the UK which offered employees a chance to move from zero hour to guaranteed minimum hour contracts only saw 20% of the staff…
