CYBER

Hot Labor Summer

The heat is still here, but the summer will soon be over. Here at the precipice of fall I wanted to take a moment to reflect on one of the big stories that Motherboard covered this season: labor, strikes, and unions. Here to tell us all about it is Motherboard labor reporter Jules Roscoe. Stories discussed in this episode: <a href="https://www.vice.com/en/article/jg5d78/instacart-tells-shoppers-in-florida-hurricane-bad-weather-good-tips" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Instacart Tells Shoppers in Hurricane ‘Bad Weather = Good Tips’</a> <a href="https://www.vice.com/en/article/3akp3n/it-feels-horrible-amazon-workers-delivered-packages-during-destructive-tropical-storm" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">'It Feels Horrible': Amazon Workers Delivered Packages During Destructive Tropical Storm</a> <a href="https://www.vice.com/en/article/v7b3gj/amazon-told-drivers-not-to-worry-about-in-van-surveillance-cameras-now-footage-is-leaking-online" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Amazon Told Drivers Not to Worry About In-Van Surveillance Cameras. Now Footage Is Leaking Online</a> <a href="https://www.vice.com/en/article/n7e73w/ohio-man-charged-for-shooting-amazon-driver-delivering-to-his-house" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Ohio Man Charged for Shooting Amazon Driver Delivering to His House</a> <a href="https://www.vice.com/en/article/qjv3yp/amazon-says-it-doesnt-employ-drivers-but-records-show-it-hired-firms-to-prevent-them-from-unionizing" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Amazon Says It Doesn't 'Employ' Drivers, But Records Show It Hired Firms to Prevent Them From Unionizing</a> <a href="https://www.vice.com/en/article/v7b3z8/teamsters-ups-union-wins-historic-contract-avoids-gigantic-strike" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Teamsters UPS Union Wins Historic Contract, Likely Avoiding Gigantic Strike</a> We’re recording CYBER live on<a href="https://www.twitch.tv/vice" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"> Twitch</a>. Watch live during the week.<a href="https://www.twitch.tv/vice" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"> Follow us</a> there to get alerts when we go live. We take questions from the audience and yours might just end up on the show.  Subscribe to<a href="https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/cyber/id1441708044?mt=2" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"> CYBER on Apple Podcasts</a> or wherever you listen to your podcasts. Hosted on Acast. See <a href="https://acast.com/privacy" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="color:grey;" target="_blank">acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.

Hacking. Hackers. Disinformation campaigns. Encryption. The Cyber. This stuff gets complicated really fast, but Motherboard spends its time embedded in the infosec world so you don't have to. Host Matthew Gault talks every week to Motherboard reporters about the stories they're breaking and to the industry's most famous hackers and researchers about the biggest news in cybersecurity. Hosted on Acast. See <a href="https://acast.com/privacy" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="color:grey;" target="_blank">acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.