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Federal judges have declined to grant injunctions sought by DoorDash, Uber, and Instacart to block new New York City laws that require food delivery apps to offer customers the option to tip workers. U.S. District Judge George Daniels said the laws “advance the city’s goals of enhancing cost transparency” and protecting delivery workers, while also…

The pilots’ union at Allegiant Air is blocking the carrier’s bid to secure U.S. residency for dozens of foreign pilots from Chile, Australia and Singapore. The union’s refusal to certify to the U.S. Department of Labor that the pilot positions, which start at about $50,000 a year, or about half of what pilots at other…

Starbucks is facing continued strike action as Workers United’s open-ended walkout enters a third week, with no progress in contract talks and 55 locations still closed. The union is demanding better pay, hours, and resolution of hundreds of alleged labor violations. A New York City rally outside the Empire State Building on Thursday led to…

Amazon is facing a fresh labor challenge from a newly formed group of its delivery service partners, DEFT (DSPs for Equitable and Fair Treatment), which is demanding better pay, higher van reimbursements, and more achievable bonus criteria. The group, formed under the American Association of Franchisees and Dealers, emerged after Amazon reversed surprise repair charges…

Anthropic chief scientist Jared Kaplan has warned that humanity will face a critical decision by 2030 over whether to allow AI systems to autonomously train themselves. Kaplan is urging governments and society to engage in what he called “the biggest decision,” as frontier AI firms race toward artificial general intelligence. While AI could dramatically boost…