'Stop Cop City' petition campaign in limbo after signatures presented to Atlanta officials (video)

https://apnews.com/article/atlanta-cop-city-referendum-signatures-4b617a220807b6701c9f46745e4762c4

Officials from the City of Atlanta have refused to verify tens of thousands of signatures submitted by activists who have been trying for two years to stop the construction of a police and firefighter training center.

#Atlanta #citygovernment #corruption #profit #developers #military #contractors #militarizedpolice #processviolation #referrendum #publicdemand

https://www.sbs.com.au/news/the-feed/article/i-can-barely-survive-we-ask-delivery-riders-if-they-feel-safe-on-the-job/qd8wysl06

The less #delivery riders get paid, the more they have to rush, cause accidents

Delivery riders considered #IndependentContractors, not entitled to #MinimumPay, #SickLeave, #AnnualLeave. #Uber pays $2 or $3 per kilometre, spends millions on #advertisements.

#UberEats #contractors #MinimumWage #WorkSafety #capitalism #exploitation #Australia

During Some of #Hottest Months in History, Millions of App #DeliveryDrivers Are Feeling the Strain
Around 4M people in US work as #contractors for app services like #DoorDash delivering pizzas, salads and pad thai. Those in areas with #extremeheat are taking new measures to keep working through it. Some days, delivery drivers walk 20 minutes or climb four floors of stairs in a 116-heat index just to deliver one order.
https://insideclimatenews.org/news/15082023/doordash-delivery-workers-extreme-heat/ #heatwave #globalwarming #climatechange #climatecrisis

Blackwater paved the way for Wagner

The use of contractors in the US ‘war on terror’ inspired Russia and other powers to outsource war

For the US, Russia, & other powers, military contractors are serving as convenient means for proxy warfare which offer plausible deniability & mitigate potential domestic tensions over foreign wars

https://www.aljazeera.com/opinions/2023/8/12/blackwater-paved-the-way-for-wagner

#RussiaInvadedUkraine #WagnerGroup #Blackwater #capitalism #CorporateTerrorism #CapitalismFails #PeopleNotProfits #military #contractors

Blackwater paved the way for Wagner | Russia-Ukraine war | Al Jazeera
https://www.aljazeera.com/opinions/2023/8/12/blackwater-paved-the-way-for-wagner

"The use of contractors in the US ‘war on terror’ inspired Russia and other powers to outsource war."

For those who may have forgotten this.

#PMC #Contractors #Wagner #Blackwater

Replaced two quarter turn valves and of course the water kept cooling the pipe faster than I was able to heat the pipe.

#plumbing #plumber #bathroominstallations #contractors #utilityinstallation

We gave corporations too much power.

Now they just out here not giving a fraction of a fuck anymore.

Google lays off contractors who unionized last month | Engadget https://www.engadget.com/google-lays-off-contractors-who-unionized-last-month-193020753.html?src=rss

#Google #Contractors #Layoffs #Unionization #TechNews

https://labornotes.org/2023/07/amazon-teamsters-rolling-pickets-hit-facilities-nationwide

#Amazon gives #UnionBusting training to #contractors, cancels contract when they accept #union

#capitalism #strike #picket #PicketLine #UPSStrike

#International_Tech_News | Good #Morning World

Btw folks the only reason this kick the can down the road made this announcement TODAY is bc the USA is Funding Big Tech War Contracts to Criminals WHEN Active Anti Trust Cases have not been settled yet?????

The USA Government is FUNDING #BIGTECH (aka #Domestic_Terrorism) TO THE TUNE OF 9 #BILLION OF YOUR #MONEY!!??

#GLOBAL_SURVAILLANCE OF THE #MASSES | #WAR_CONTRACTS

ALL CROOKS NEED TO BE LOCKED UP YESTURDAY.. NOT FUNDING WAR CONTRACTS to #Domestic_Terrorist's

Folks there is NO #CIA or #NSA.
#FANG IS THE NEW #CIA AND #NSA.

Don't be fooled.

#FTC prepares #THE_BIG_ONE?? -- a MAJOR LAWSUIT Targeting #Amazon’s #CORE_BUSINESS..

Amazon to be #accused of #punishing_sellers who don't use its #fulfillment services..

FTC filed three other lawsuits against Amazon.

#Khan was known as a critic of Amazon before becoming FTC chair in 2021. In 2017, Khan wrote a Yale Law Journal article titled "Amazon's #Antitrust Paradox," which argued for a more aggressive approach to #antitrust_enforcement to counter "Amazon's #dominance."

The FTC #sued Amazon last week, claiming it #violated #US_law by #tricking_consumers into #signing_up for the $14.99-per-month #Amazon_Prime_subscription service and making it exceedingly difficult to #cancel. In the Prime case, the FTC is seeking a #permanent_injunction, #civil_penalties, and other monetary relief.

The FTC also recently filed one #privacy_lawsuit against Amazon with allegations related to #kids' #Alexa_voice_recordings and another with allegations that Amazon's #Ring_division #invaded users' privacy by "allowing #thousands of #employees and #contractors to watch video recordings of customers' #private_spaces." In both cases, Amazon agreed to settlements requiring financial penalties and changes to privacy practices.

Amazon fulfillment takes big chunk of seller revenue (DAVIDV: #FBA FULLFILLMENT BY AMAZON | #ILLEGAL_DROPSHIPPING OUT OF #TAWIAN FOR 2 #DECADES) | Third-party sellers can rely on Amazon for warehousing, shipping, and other services through the Fulfillment by Amazon (FBA) system, but it takes a big cut out of their revenue. A recent Marketplace Pulse study based on profit and loss statements from a sample of sellers found that "Amazon is #pocketing more than 50 #percent of sellers' revenue—up from 40 percent five years ago," because "Amazon has increased fulfillment fees and made spending on advertising unavoidable."

(DavidV: 50% is #usery! we used to hang snale oil sales people for usery - any interest rate above 10-12 percent is USERY including Credit Cards | all should be arrested thrown in prison for usery | look it up!)

https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2023/06/ftc-prepares-the-big-one-a-major-lawsuit-targeting-amazons-core-business/

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#International_Tech_News | Good #Morning World | #FTC prepares #THE_BIG_ONE?? -- a MAJOR LAWSUIT targeting Amazon’s #CORE_BUSINESS | Amazon to be #accused of #punishing_sellers who don't use its #fulfillment services..

FTC filed three other lawsuits against Amazon.

Khan was known as a critic of Amazon before becoming FTC chair in 2021. In 2017, Khan wrote a Yale Law Journal article titled "Amazon's #Antitrust Paradox," which argued for a more aggressive approach to #antitrust_enforcement to counter "Amazon's #dominance."

The FTC #sued Amazon last week, claiming it #violated #US_law by #tricking_consumers into #signing_up for the $14.99-per-month #Amazon_Prime_subscription service and making it exceedingly difficult to #cancel. In the Prime case, the FTC is seeking a #permanent_injunction, #civil_penalties, and other monetary relief.

The FTC also recently filed one #privacy_lawsuit against Amazon with allegations related to #kids' #Alexa_voice_recordings and another with allegations that Amazon's #Ring_division #invaded users' privacy by "allowing #thousands of #employees and #contractors to watch video recordings of customers' #private_spaces." In both cases, Amazon agreed to settlements requiring financial penalties and changes to privacy practices.

Amazon fulfillment takes big chunk of seller revenue (DAVIDV: #FBA FULLFILLMENT BY AMAZON | #ILLEGAL_DROPSHIPPING OUT OF #TAWIAN FOR 2 #DECADES) | Third-party sellers can rely on Amazon for warehousing, shipping, and other services through the Fulfillment by Amazon (FBA) system, but it takes a big cut out of their revenue. A recent Marketplace Pulse study based on profit and loss statements from a sample of sellers found that "Amazon is #pocketing more than 50 #percent of sellers' revenue—up from 40 percent five years ago," because "Amazon has increased fulfillment fees and made spending on advertising unavoidable."

(DavidV: 50% is #usery! we used to hang snale oil sales people for usery - any interest rate above 10-12 percent is USERY including Credit Cards | all should be arrested thrown in prison for usery | look it up!)

https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2023/06/ftc-prepares-the-big-one-a-major-lawsuit-targeting-amazons-core-business/

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#International_Tech_News | Good #Morning World

Btw folks the only reason this kick the can down the road made this announcement TODAY is bc the USA is Funding Big Tech War Contracts to Criminals WHEN Active Anti Trust Cases have not been settled yet?????

The USA Government is FUNDING #BIGTECH (aka #Domestic_Terrorism) TO THE TUNE OF 9 #BILLION OF YOUR #MONEY!!??

#GLOBAL_SURVAILLANCE OF THE #MASSES | #WAR_CONTRACTS

ALL CROOKS NEED TO BE LOCKED UP YESTURDAY.. NOT FUNDING WAR CONTRACTS to #Domestic_Terrorist's

Folks there is NO #CIA or #NSA.
#FANG IS THE NEW #CIA AND #NSA.

Don't be fooled.

#FTC prepares #THE_BIG_ONE?? -- a MAJOR LAWSUIT Targeting #Amazon’s #CORE_BUSINESS..

Amazon to be #accused of #punishing_sellers who don't use its #fulfillment services..

FTC filed three other lawsuits against Amazon.

#Khan was known as a critic of Amazon before becoming FTC chair in 2021. In 2017, Khan wrote a Yale Law Journal article titled "Amazon's #Antitrust Paradox," which argued for a more aggressive approach to #antitrust_enforcement to counter "Amazon's #dominance."

The FTC #sued Amazon last week, claiming it #violated #US_law by #tricking_consumers into #signing_up for the $14.99-per-month #Amazon_Prime_subscription service and making it exceedingly difficult to #cancel. In the Prime case, the FTC is seeking a #permanent_injunction, #civil_penalties, and other monetary relief.

The FTC also recently filed one #privacy_lawsuit against Amazon with allegations related to #kids' #Alexa_voice_recordings and another with allegations that Amazon's #Ring_division #invaded users' privacy by "allowing #thousands of #employees and #contractors to watch video recordings of customers' #private_spaces." In both cases, Amazon agreed to settlements requiring financial penalties and changes to privacy practices.

Amazon fulfillment takes big chunk of seller revenue (DAVIDV: #FBA FULLFILLMENT BY AMAZON | #ILLEGAL_DROPSHIPPING OUT OF #TAWIAN FOR 2 #DECADES) | Third-party sellers can rely on Amazon for warehousing, shipping, and other services through the Fulfillment by Amazon (FBA) system, but it takes a big cut out of their revenue. A recent Marketplace Pulse study based on profit and loss statements from a sample of sellers found that "Amazon is #pocketing more than 50 #percent of sellers' revenue—up from 40 percent five years ago," because "Amazon has increased fulfillment fees and made spending on advertising unavoidable."

(DavidV: 50% is #usery! we used to hang snale oil sales people for usery - any interest rate above 10-12 percent is USERY including Credit Cards | all should be arrested thrown in prison for usery | look it up!)

https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2023/06/ftc-prepares-the-big-one-a-major-lawsuit-targeting-amazons-core-business/

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#International_Tech_News | Good #Morning World

Btw folks the only reason this kick the can down the road made this announcement TODAY is bc the USA is Funding Big Tech War Contracts to Criminals WHEN Active Anti Trust Cases have not been settled yet?????

The USA Government is FUNDING #BIGTECH (aka #Domestic_Terrorism) TO THE TUNE OF 9 #BILLION OF YOUR #MONEY!!??

#GLOBAL_SURVAILLANCE OF THE #MASSES | #WAR_CONTRACTS

ALL CROOKS NEED TO BE LOCKED UP YESTURDAY.. NOT FUNDING WAR CONTRACTS to #Domestic_Terrorist's

Folks there is NO #CIA or #NSA.
#FANG IS THE NEW #CIA AND #NSA.

Don't be fooled.

#FTC prepares #THE_BIG_ONE?? -- a MAJOR LAWSUIT Targeting #Amazon’s #CORE_BUSINESS..

Amazon to be #accused of #punishing_sellers who don't use its #fulfillment services..

FTC filed three other lawsuits against Amazon.

#Khan was known as a critic of Amazon before becoming FTC chair in 2021. In 2017, Khan wrote a Yale Law Journal article titled "Amazon's #Antitrust Paradox," which argued for a more aggressive approach to #antitrust_enforcement to counter "Amazon's #dominance."

The FTC #sued Amazon last week, claiming it #violated #US_law by #tricking_consumers into #signing_up for the $14.99-per-month #Amazon_Prime_subscription service and making it exceedingly difficult to #cancel. In the Prime case, the FTC is seeking a #permanent_injunction, #civil_penalties, and other monetary relief.

The FTC also recently filed one #privacy_lawsuit against Amazon with allegations related to #kids' #Alexa_voice_recordings and another with allegations that Amazon's #Ring_division #invaded users' privacy by "allowing #thousands of #employees and #contractors to watch video recordings of customers' #private_spaces." In both cases, Amazon agreed to settlements requiring financial penalties and changes to privacy practices.

Amazon fulfillment takes big chunk of seller revenue (DAVIDV: #FBA FULLFILLMENT BY AMAZON | #ILLEGAL_DROPSHIPPING OUT OF #TAWIAN FOR 2 #DECADES) | Third-party sellers can rely on Amazon for warehousing, shipping, and other services through the Fulfillment by Amazon (FBA) system, but it takes a big cut out of their revenue. A recent Marketplace Pulse study based on profit and loss statements from a sample of sellers found that "Amazon is #pocketing more than 50 #percent of sellers' revenue—up from 40 percent five years ago," because "Amazon has increased fulfillment fees and made spending on advertising unavoidable."

(DavidV: 50% is #usery! we used to hang snale oil sales people for usery - any interest rate above 10-12 percent is USERY including Credit Cards | all should be arrested thrown in prison for usery | look it up!)

https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2023/06/ftc-prepares-the-big-one-a-major-lawsuit-targeting-amazons-core-business/

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#International_Tech_News | Good #Morning World

Btw folks the only reason this kick the can down the road made this announcement TODAY is bc the USA is Funding Big Tech War Contracts to Criminals WHEN Active Anti Trust Cases have not been settled yet?????

The USA Government is FUNDS #BIGTECH (aka #Domestic_Terrorism) TO THE TUNE OF 9 BILLION WITH YOUR MONEY!!??

#GLOBAL_SURVAILLANCE OF THE #MASSES

ALL CROOKS NEED TO BE LOCKED UP YESTYRDAY NOT FUNDING THEM FOR WAR CONTRACTS.

Folks there is NO CIA or NSA.
#FANG IS THE NEW #CIA AND #NSA. don't be fooled.

#FTC prepares #THE_BIG_ONE?? -- a MAJOR LAWSUIT Targeting #Amazon’s #CORE_BUSINESS..

Amazon to be #accused of #punishing_sellers who don't use its #fulfillment services..

FTC filed three other lawsuits against Amazon.

#Khan was known as a critic of Amazon before becoming FTC chair in 2021. In 2017, Khan wrote a Yale Law Journal article titled "Amazon's #Antitrust Paradox," which argued for a more aggressive approach to #antitrust_enforcement to counter "Amazon's #dominance."

The FTC #sued Amazon last week, claiming it #violated #US_law by #tricking_consumers into #signing_up for the $14.99-per-month #Amazon_Prime_subscription service and making it exceedingly difficult to #cancel. In the Prime case, the FTC is seeking a #permanent_injunction, #civil_penalties, and other monetary relief.

The FTC also recently filed one #privacy_lawsuit against Amazon with allegations related to #kids' #Alexa_voice_recordings and another with allegations that Amazon's #Ring_division #invaded users' privacy by "allowing #thousands of #employees and #contractors to watch video recordings of customers' #private_spaces." In both cases, Amazon agreed to settlements requiring financial penalties and changes to privacy practices.

Amazon fulfillment takes big chunk of seller revenue (DAVIDV: #FBA FULLFILLMENT BY AMAZON | #ILLEGAL_DROPSHIPPING OUT OF #TAWIAN FOR 2 #DECADES) | Third-party sellers can rely on Amazon for warehousing, shipping, and other services through the Fulfillment by Amazon (FBA) system, but it takes a big cut out of their revenue. A recent Marketplace Pulse study based on profit and loss statements from a sample of sellers found that "Amazon is #pocketing more than 50 #percent of sellers' revenue—up from 40 percent five years ago," because "Amazon has increased fulfillment fees and made spending on advertising unavoidable."

(DavidV: 50% is #usery! we used to hang snale oil sales people for usery - any interest rate above 10-12 percent is USERY including Credit Cards | all should be arrested thrown in prison for usery | look it up!)

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#crisirussa #Wagner

"La legge che pone i #contractors sotto comando militare dietro la rivolta di #Prigozhin"

Il parere dell'analista militare Gianandrea Gaiani, direttore di Analisi Difesa

https://youtube.com/watch?v=18OlsNHXIQI&feature=share8

"#Workers in the #US have an estimated $50bn-plus #stolen from them every year, according to the #Economic #Policy #Institute, surpassing all #robberies, #burglaries and motor vehicle #thefts #combined. The majority of these stolen #wages are never recovered by workers.

Between 2017 to 2020, $3.24bn in stolen wages were recovered by the US Department of Labor, state labor departments and attorney generals, and through class- and collective-action litigation.

#Wage theft disproportionately affects lower-wage workers, women, people of color, and immigrant workers, and negatively affects local #economies and #tax #revenues.

There are numerous forms of wage theft, from #employers not #compensating workers for time #worked, #violating minimum #wage and #overtime #laws, misclassifying #employees as independent #contractors, not providing #legally required meal breaks, confiscating worker tips, or illegally taking #deductions from worker wages."

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2023/jun/15/wage-theft-us-workers-employees

PROTIP: If you provide an email address for people to contact you, RESPOND TO THE BLOODY EMAILS.

Contractors in Ontario are still in the "we have too much work, therefore we can blow off everyone else" mode. This isn't great for the word-of-mouth advertising you folks depend on so much.

#contractors #roofing

General Contractors Scottsdale

Professional #General #Contractors in #Scottsdale. Trust our expertise for your home improvement projects. Call (480) 235-1147 to discuss your needs.

Visit Now : https://renovationsbydesign.com/construction-management/

If someone shows up at the door say NO! Then let the authorities know. Legit contractors don't go door to door.

#scams #contractors

https://www.cbc.ca/amp/1.6847594

#ChatGPT is powered by these #contractors making $15 an hour
Two #OpenAI contractors spoke to NBC News about their work training the system behind ChatGPT.
"Their feedback fills an urgent and endless need for the company and its #AI competitors: providing streams of sentences, labels and other information that serve as training data," the article explains
https://www.nbcnews.com/tech/innovation/openai-chatgpt-ai-jobs-contractors-talk-shadow-workforce-powers-rcna81892

Important note for #Programmers / #SoftwareEngineers, especially #independent #contractors :

#AI tools like #GitHub #CoPilot can impressively improve #coding productivity, but before using them, check with your employer/client first! Every client I've reached out to about this has wanted to run it past their legal department first (which is a really smart move on their part!).

DO NOT, under any circumstances, allow these tools to send client/employer data to the AI vendors (which is necessary for their operation) without getting client/employer consent first.

This will be a core tenet of #professionalism for #developers enhancing their services with AI assistants, so best get in the habit now.