‘A #sweatshop in the #UK’: how the #CostOfLivingCrisis triggered walkouts at #Amazon | #IndustrialAction | The Guardian

This is why we need #TradeUnions.

https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2022/aug/14/a-sweatshop-in-the-uk-how-the-cost-of-living-crisis-triggered-walkouts-at-amazon

#hardware I have from the 90s seems more likely -- yes, higher probability -- of working today in 2022 than anything produced after 2000. #plannedObsolescence #sweatshop #LateStageCapitalism

Black Friday: fake discounts for fake resurgence in a #sweatshop economy (exploiting slave labour) during "MAGATRON!" #pandemic

From Competitive (Top-Level, High-Calibre, Well-Paid) Jobs to 2,000 Euros a Month -- How the EPO is Becoming a #Sweatshop by Patent Examiners' Standards http://techrights.org/2021/10/15/epo-sweatshop/ #epo #patents #europe @zoobab @glynmoody @fosspatents

From Competitive (Top-Level, High-Calibre, Well-Paid) Jobs to 2,000 Euros a Month -- How the EPO is Becoming a Sweatshop by Patent Examiners' Standards

A longish video about the dreadful situation at the EPO, where staff is being ‘robbed’ and EPO funds get funnelled into some dodgy stock market investments (a clear violation of the institution’s charter)

● NEWS ● #TheVerge #ProprietarySoftware #cult #sweatshop ☞ Workers at a repair facility used by #Apple compare conditions to sweatshops https://www.theverge.com/2021/7/27/22596784/csat-solutions-repair-facility-texas-apple-macbook-dell-lenovo-working-conditions-employees

Workers at a repair facility used by Apple compare conditions to sweatshops

CSAT also reportedly repairs Dell and Lenovo products