Amazon faces a wave of walkouts and strikes as it heads into the season of sales

Amazon is in the midst of its second Prime Day sale of the year, pitched as a way to get Black Friday and Cyber Monday deals early. But as it courts consumers, the workers who handle the mass amount of packages that flow through Amazon’s facilities, warehouses, and air hubs are demanding better pay and working conditions. The threat of strikes, walkouts, and potentially another unionized warehouse are all looming as Amazon’s about to enter one of its busiest seasons.
Read more: https://www.theverge.com/2022/10/12/23400847/amazon-prime-day-walkouts-strikes-labor-unions?source=Snapzu

New Zealand angers its farmers by proposing taxing cow burps

New Zealand's government on Tuesday proposed taxing the greenhouse gasses that farm animals make from burping and peeing as part of a plan to tackle climate change. The government said the farm levy would be a world first, and that farmers should be able to recoup the cost by charging more for climate-friendly products.
Read more: https://www.npr.org/2022/10/11/1127955580/new-zealand-angers-its-farmers-by-proposing-taxing-cow-burps?source=Snapzu

Dutch employee fired by U.S. firm for shutting off webcam awarded €75,000 in court

A remote employee of a U.S. business who was fired for refusing to leave his webcam on while he was working was awarded roughly 75,000 euros by a Dutch court for wrongful termination. The resident of Diessen, Noord-Brabant, was hired by the the Rijswijk branch of Chetu Inc., a software development company headquartered in Miramar, Florida.
Read more: https://nltimes.nl/2022/10/09/dutch-employee-fired-us-firm-shutting-webcam-awarded-eu75000-court?source=Snapzu

Rights holders got Google to remove 6 billion links from Search over 10 years

Experts say policymakers mostly ignore Google's transparency reports.
Read more: https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2022/10/rights-holders-got-google-to-remove-6b-links-from-search-over-10-years/?source=Snapzu

Generative Research: All You Need To Know

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House of Zana owner hopes Zara trademark win will inspire others

Amber Kotrri says since her victory other businesses said they also received letters from Zara.
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Facebook scrambles to escape stock's death spiral as users flee, sales drop

A year ago, before Facebook had turned Meta, the social media company was sporting a market cap of $1 trillion, putting it in rarefied territory with a handful of U.S. technology giants. Today the view looks much different. Meta has lost about two-thirds of its value since peaking in September 2021. The stock is trading at its lowest since January 2019 and is about to close out its third straight quarter of double-digit percentage losses. Only four stocks in the S&P 500 are having a worse year.
Read more: https://www.cnbc.com/2022/09/30/facebook-scrambles-to-escape-death-spiral-as-users-flee-sales-drop.html?source=Snapzu