The Biggest Earners May Not Be The Smartest Workers: Study
The study analyzed the cognitive ability of 59,387 Swedish-born men. (Representational)It pays to be smart, or so the saying goes. But the biggest earners may not be the workers who…
Apple Supplier Foxconn’s China Plant Hit By New Worker Unrest: Report
Relentless controls and spot lockdowns across China have fuelled discontent across the country.Shanghai: Men wielding sticks smashed surveillance cameras and windows at a massive campus owned by Apple supplier Foxconn…
AI Shouldn’t Compete With Workers—It Should Supercharge Them
Instead of merely saving costs by replacing humans with a bot, Brynjolfsson notes, augmentation increases people’s productivity. Better yet, some of the economic value of that productivity would accrue to…
Activision Blizzard Workers Keep Fighting for a Seat at the Table
On Thursday, Activision Blizzard developers from employee collective ABK Workers Alliance (and at least one dog) gathered outside the gates of Blizzard Entertainment’s Irvine, California campus. Many raised a fist…
‘Worker Data Science’ Can Teach Us How to Fix the Gig Economy
Around the globe, gig workers are waging some of the most visible and vocal campaigns for worker rights. Across multiple platforms and countries, gig workers have been fighting for formal…