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Techsploitation

An ecosystem of fear surrounds the temporary immigrant technology worker program, with labor brokers exploiting employees through financial bondage that relies on humiliation, intimidation and legal threats.

Posted inInsult to Injury, Techsploitation, Workers’ Rights

Musk claims Tesla’s safety record is better than average, despite data

by Will Evans June 1, 2018November 29, 2018

Elon Musk claims: “Tesla factory safety has improved every safety has improved every year & is now better than industry avg.” But that’s not true.

Posted inInsult to Injury, Techsploitation, Worked Over, Workers’ Rights

Severely injured worker sues Tesla: ‘I’m not who I used to be’

by Will Evans May 21, 2018November 29, 2018

Son Nguyen is suing Tesla after he was burned on the job. “I remember waking up after surgery … I was just terrified. I thought I was dead.”

Posted inImpact, Inequality, Insult to Injury, Techsploitation, Worked Over, Workers’ Rights

Tesla hit by government investigation after Reveal story

by Will Evans and Alyssa Jeong Perry April 18, 2018November 29, 2018

Cal/OSHA says it “takes seriously reports of workplace hazards and allegations of employers’ underreporting recordable work-related injuries.”

Posted inImpact, Inequality, Silicon Valley Diversity, Techsploitation, Workers’ Rights

Jesse Jackson calls out Silicon Valley ‘empty promises’ on diversity

by Sinduja Rangarajan April 6, 2018April 12, 2018

Rev. Jesse Jackson asks tech companies each year to release basic demographic reports they send to the government. This year he’s turning up the heat.

Posted inCybersecurity, Inequality, Silicon Valley Diversity, Techsploitation, Workers’ Rights

Palo Alto Networks avoids disclosing diversity data despite shareholder vote

by Will Evans December 22, 2017April 11, 2018

The cybersecurity company used a controversial workaround to avoid disclosing diversity data after a majority of shareholders voted for disclosure.

Posted inInequality, Silicon Valley Diversity, Techsploitation, Workers’ Rights

Congresswoman to tech firms: ‘You’re hiding something’

by Will Evans December 11, 2017April 11, 2018

Most big Silicon Valley tech firms won’t release diversity job data. “They’re probably covering up their dismal record,” Rep. Barbara Lee said.

Posted inInequality, Silicon Valley Diversity, Techsploitation, Workers’ Rights

How you can push for more transparency from Silicon Valley’s tech giants

by Byard Duncan November 8, 2017April 10, 2018

Many of Silicon Valley’s biggest tech firms refuse to share their diversity data – which is where you come in. Here’s how you can help.

Posted inInequality, Techsploitation

Has Google increased representation of women? Not so much

by Will Evans August 10, 2017August 10, 2017

There is a mistaken but entrenched belief that the tech industry is based on pure meritocracy, says Caroline Simard, senior director of research at Stanford University’s Clayman Institute for Gender Research.

Posted inTechsploitation, Workers’ Rights

Objecting to sexual harassment got me fired, says ex-Uber employee

by Will Evans May 18, 2017May 19, 2017

A former Uber employee claimed he was fired last year after sticking up for female colleagues facing sexual harassment, according to a formal complaint that has not previously been made public.

Posted inTechsploitation, Worked Over, Workers’ Rights

Tesla relied on cheap foreign labor

by Jennifer Gollan May 17, 2016May 17, 2016

Tesla used foreign laborers from Eastern Europe, some of whom earned as little as $5 an hour, to build a paint shop at the company’s Fremont, California, plant, according to The Mercury News.

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