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Uber, Lyft, Postmates Refuse To Comply With California Gig Economy Law

NPR, 1/4/20

Research Says Impact of DC Robots on Job Numbers will be Modest over Next Decade, but Drive 'De-Skilling' of Warehouse Work

Supply Chain Digest, 1/2/20

Cafeteria workers vote to unionize at Google's Mountain View headquarters

Silicon Valley Business Journal, 12/31/19

A brutal year: how the 'techlash' caught up with Facebook, Google and Amazon

The Guardian, 12/28/19

The year of the gig worker uprising

TechCrunch, 12/26/19

What we learned from over a decade of tech activism

The Guardian, 12/23/19

Now a million people work for Amazon, Apple, Google and Facebook

Nikkei Asian Review, 12/1/19

E-Commerce Surge Raises Questions in Counting Logistics Workers

Wall Street Journal, 11/27/19

The Robots Are Coming for Our Jobs

The Nation, 11/27/19

The Battle Over AB 5 Rages On

SF Weekly, 11/26/19

How Workers Are Fighting Back Against Big Tech

Vice, 11/18/19

Job Quality Will Shift for Warehouse Workers

Material Handling & Logistics, 10/25/19

Robots aren’t the reason you don’t have a job

Machine Learnings, 10/25/19

Declining job quality, not job loss, set to mark next decade of warehouse work

Phys.org, 10/23/19

Robots aren’t taking warehouse employees’ jobs, they’re making their work harder

Vox, 10/22/19

Labor leaders and startup founders talk how to build a sustainable gig economy

TechCrunch, 10/16/19

Santa Clara County has highest wage theft in the state. But a new office can help with that.

San Jose Spotlight, 9/23/19

Self-driving trucks are being tested on public roads in Virginia

CNBC, 9/10/19

Self-driving semitrucks may soon share the road in Virginia

Raleigh News & Observer, 9/10/19

Silicon Valley Rising has a plan to improve the lives of ‘Tech’s Invisible Workforce’

San Jose Spotlight, 9/1/19

Silicon Valley labor group to probe tech contractors' working conditions

Silicon Valley Business Journal, 8/30/19

Google contract workers in Pittsburgh vote to unionize with United Steelworkers

Silicon Valley Business Journal, 8/30/19

Tech workers want to grade companies on quality of blue-collar jobs

San Francisco Chronicle, 8/23/19

San Jose: Council takes on construction hiring, billboards

San Jose Mercury News, 8/6/19

Facebook boosting wages for Bay Area contractors, content reviewers

San Jose Mercury News, 5/13/19

Facebook to Raise Pay for Thousands of Contract Workers, Including Content Moderators

Bloomberg, 5/13/19

Facebook Raises Pay for Thousands of Its U.S. Contract Workers

Fortune, 5/13/19

‘Two-Tiered Caste System’: The World of White-Collar Contracting in Silicon Valley

KQED, 4/19/19

Google will now require suppliers to give benefits to workers

Bloomberg, 4/3/19

San Jose to expand wage theft policy as Silvery Towers contractor goes to court

San Jose Spotlight, 3/6/19

Move Fast and Build Solidarity

The Nation, 3/6/19

Labor activists ask county Supes to enforce worker protections

Mountain View Voice, 2/12/19

Supes Unanimously Approve $500K For Office Protecting Workers' Rights

SFGate, 2/12/19

Labor Rights Activists Ask Supes To Properly Enforce Worker Protections

SFGate, 2/11/19

San Jose: Mayor in talks with Elon Musk’s Boring Company for airport tunnel

San Jose Mercury News, 2/5/19

San Jose to consider proposal to help employees receive pay they deserve

San Jose Mercury News, 1/31/19

Google Shareholders and Workers Call on Board to Fix ‘Diversity Crisis’

Bloomberg, 1/30/19

Tie Google’s executive pay to diversity goals, activist shareholders argue again

Silicon Valley Business Journal, 1/30/19

America's 1.8 million truck drivers don't need to worry about autonomous tech threatening their jobs anytime soon, experts say

Business Insider, 12/21/18

The Year Workers Stood Up to Big Tech

Gizmodo, 12/18/18

With CEO-to-worker pay ratios, perception can be everything

Silicon Valley Business Journal, 12/13/18

California must find new pathways toward a working economy

San Francisco Chronicle, 12/13/18

Could driverless vehicles spell the end of the road for truck drivers?

PBS NewsHour, 12/6/18

Effort to freeze Mountain View’s minimum wage fails

San Jose Mercury News, 12/5/18

Middle-class workers are victims of Silicon Valley's tech boom

Fox Business News, 12/4/18

The shocking truth: In Silicon Valley wages are down for everyone but the top 10%

CNBC, 12/3/18

Why is Santa Clara County’s gender wage gap the largest in the Bay Area?

San Jose Mercury News, 12/3/18

Tech companies blamed for 20 years of falling wages in Silicon Valley

ZDNet, 11/26/18

Instacart Delivery Workers Are Boycotting For The Third Thanksgiving In A Row

BuzzFeed News, 11/23/18

Study: Over 20 years, Silicon Valley workers’ median wage has fallen by 14%

Ars Technica, 11/23/18

Silicon Valley wages have dropped for all except highest-paying jobs: report

San Jose Mercury News, 11/18/18

Self-driving trucks in US offer window into where machines may replace humans

Christian Science Monitor, 11/14/18

Millions of Californians’ jobs could be affected by automation — a scenario the next governor has to address

Los Angeles Times, 10/14/18

Inequality in Silicon Valley is getting worse: Wages are down for everyone but the top 10 percent

Recode, 10/13/18

In Silicon Valley, the rich get richer while wages stagnate for the rest

Salon, 10/9/18

Study says 9 in 10 Silicon Valley jobs pay less than they did 20 years ago. Blame tech?

Silicon Valley Business Journal, 10/9/18

What Tesla’s union-busting trial means for the rest of Silicon Valley

The Verge, 9/29/18

Microsoft Is Outlier With Paid Leave Contractor Policy

Bloomberg, 9/13/18

How will self-driving trucks affect driver pay?

Land Line Magazine, 9/12/18

Autonomous trucks: drivers remain, for lower-paid tasks

Transport & Logistics News, 9/11/18

Driverless days ahead

FreightWaves, 9/7/18

How Automation Affects The Trucking Industry

WCLO, 9/6/18

Report: Autonomous trucks to steal some driving jobs, create others

Overdrive, 9/6/18

Self Driving Tech Means Trouble For Some Truckers

Cheddar, 9/6/18

Report says autonomous technology might impact trucking jobs

Commercial Carrier Journal, 9/6/18

Driverless technology might actually add as many jobs as it destroys, but the new roles will be 'the worst trucking jobs around'

Business Insider, 9/5/18

Will or Will not Autonomous Trucks Eliminate Huge Numbers of Truck Driver Jobs?

Supply Chain Digest, 9/5/18

Report warns autonomous tech to result in loss of higher paying driving jobs

FleetOwner, 9/5/18

Report: Self-Driving Trucks Could Put Best-Paying Jobs at Risk

Trucking Info, 9/5/18

Long-Haul Driverless Trucking Would Displace Good-Paying Jobs

Trucks.com, 9/5/18

How Driverless Trucks Could Replace Top Trucking Jobs

Fleet News Daily, 9/5/18

Driverless Trucks Could Potentially Replace Many of the Nation’s Best Long-Distance Trucking Jobs

Supply Chain 247, 9/5/18

Self-Driving Technology Threatens Nearly 300,000 Trucking Jobs, Report Says

Wall Street Journal, 9/4/18

A New Kind of Labor Movement in Silicon Valley

The Atlantic, 9/4/18

Self-driving tech risks over 300,000 trucking jobs, says report

CNBC, 9/4/18

Highest-paid truck drivers may be replaced by autonomous vehicles

Fox Business, 9/4/18

Will others follow Microsoft's lead on paid parental leave?

Wired, 8/31/18

Google and Facebook's Security Guards Are Fighting to Earn a Living Wage

Gizmodo, 7/27/18

Inside Google’s Shadow Workforce

Bloomberg, 7/25/18

Opinion: San Jose cannot progress as a city if workers are left behind

San Jose Mercury News, 5/3/18

3 Million Uber Drivers Are About to Get a New Boss

The Atlantic, 4/10/18

San Jose, Calif., Weighs Boost for Construction Project Workers

Bloomberg, 3/27/18

Labor unions launch campaign to boost construction wages in San Jose

Silicon Valley Business Journal, 3/8/18

Google downtown San Jose village study group launches with lively discussion

San Jose Mercury News, 2/28/18

All workers need unions – including those in Silicon Valley

The Guardian, 1/31/18

Opinion: For California green energy subsidies, shouldn’t Tesla, others provide good jobs?

The Mercury News, 9/20/17

Silicon Valley’s burgeoning labor movement

Salon, 9/4/17

500 Workers Staffing Facebook’s Cafeteria Just Voted to Unionize

The Nation, 7/31/17

Could this hiring policy ease Silicon Valley's construction worker shortage?

Silicon Valley Business Journal, 7/26/17

Silicon Valley, Not Willing to Wait, Forges Ahead on Boosting Minimum Wage

The Wall Street Journal, 6/28/17

A labor movement is brewing within the tech industry

Salon, 6/10/17

How can tech companies treat their contractors better?

TechCrunch, 6/6/17

Commentary: Tech leaders must look beyond universal basic income

The Mercury News, 5/30/17

Meet the Activists Organizing the Tech Sector Against Trump

The Nation, 5/17/17

Silicon Valley Has a Homelessness Crisis

The Nation, 3/30/17

Service Workers in Silicon Valley City Win Added Job Security

Equal Voice News, 3/30/17

San Jose's 'opportunity to work' law goes into effect

Silicon Valley Business Journal, 3/13/17

San Jose: New law giving part-timers access to more hours begins Monday

The Mercury News, 3/13/17

Opinion: Workforce training can’t solve middle class jobs crisis

Mercury News, 3/3/17

Silicon Valley private security guards win union representation

Silicon Valley Business Journal, 1/30/17

Bus Drivers Working Alongside Silicon Valley Millionaires Struggle to Afford Rent, Some Sleep in Cars

ABC News, 1/13/17

How Silicon Valley business fared on key ballot measures

Silicon Valley Business Journal, 11/9/16

The Silicon Valley Union Victories You Haven’t Heard Of

The Nation, 10/5/16

The Invisible Silicon Valley

U.S. Department of Labor Blog, 6/15/16

Silicon Valley $15 by 2019 regional minimum wage gets big boost from Cities Association vote

Silicon Valley Business Journal, 6/10/16

$15 an Hour Won’t Help These Workers

The Nation, 5/2/16

Ten arrested at rally to support unionization of Intel cafeteria workers

Silicon Valley Business Journal, 4/28/16

Workers' next big fight: Fairer scheduling

CBS Money Watch, 4/20/16

San Jose: Advocates push to raise minimum wage sooner than state

East Bay Times, 4/18/16

What we know about the people who clean the floors in Silicon Valley

The Washington Post, 3/30/16

Silicon Valley subcontracting makes income inequality worse, report finds

The Guardian, 3/30/16

Silicon Valley's poorest workers tell government 'we can't live like this'

The Guardian, 1/28/16

Washington Turns An Eye To Income Inequality In Silicon Valley

BuzzFeed, 1/27/16

Ballot measure in San Jose would boost hours for part-time employees

San Jose Mercury News, 1/25/16

Tech's low-wage workers disrupt the disruptors

Aljazeera America, 10/18/15

Santa Clara County Supervisors Approve Living Wage Measure: $19.06 Per Hour

NBC Bay Area, 12/10/14