Current and former Amazon employees are encouraging tech workers at the company to participate in a “virtual walkout” next week to protest recent firings and conditions inside fulfillment centers. The… Read More
Amazon will begin screening employee temperatures at warehouses in New York and Seattle this week amid growing unrest about workers’ exposure to COVID-19. Those concerns reached a boiling point Monday… Read More
Tableau employees are adding their voices to the chorus of tech workers demanding their employers cancel contracts with the federal government to protest its immigration agenda. An organization called the… Read More
The climate crisis surged to the top of the tech industry’s agenda this week, encouraged by a groundswell of activity from workers at Amazon, Microsoft, Google and other big tech… Read More
Hundreds of Amazon employees are planning a walkout on Sept. 20 as part of the Global Climate Strike. The youth-driven demonstration includes events around the world demanding an end to… Read More
Last year, Amazon Prime Day became the biggest shopping event in the company’s history. Fresh off that success, Amazon decided to expand its flash sales holiday to two days this… Read More
For months, Amazon employees have been agitating for a comprehensive environmental plan at the company and on Wednesday they reached a new milestone. More than 3,500 workers have signed onto… Read More
In celebrating the unique places that give Seattle its soul, Cynthia Brothers has taken on the painful task of documenting disappearing and displaced institutions, cultures and communities of the city. In… Read More
A new media collective is launching in Seattle, born out of a war between progressive activists and white supremacists over what it means to call yourself Cascadian. Brandon Letsinger is… Read More
It’s a soggy Seattle Saturday but that didn’t deter thousands of activists from marching for climate research and sound science policy today. A huge assembly marched from Cal Anderson Park in… Read More
(Updated Thursday with details about UW’s acquisition of Zealyst). After selling her enterprise collaboration startup Zealyst to the University of Washington, Martina Welkhoff was thinking about her next move. The idea for… Read More
In 2008, Seattle’s LGBTQ Community Center shuttered its doors, an early sign of the Capitol Hill neighborhood’s evolution from gay haven to trendy turf. The community lamented the center’s closing, but… Read More
Major players in the tech industry earned top marks from the Human Rights Campaign for workplace policies relating to lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender employees. Microsoft, Apple, Google, Facebook, and… Read More