Firms sign on to “Intern Bill of Rights” amid ongoing unpaid labor fights
Tweet A spate of lawsuits brought by interns in the fashion, entertainment and publishing industries has triggered new debate over …
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Report: Many labor violations at Chinese plant where iPhone 5C case is made
Tweet A new report from the advocacy group China Labor Watch claims that it has found numerous labor violations at …
Last week on GigaOM Pro: crowd labor, mobile tech in politics, and more
Tweet In addition to surviving one of the most divisive elections in recent history, we just wrapped up GigaOM’s conference …
PRO: Examining the rise of crowd labor platforms in 2012
Tweet Crowd labor is outsourced information work that can be provisioned automatically. It is used to perform intelligent tasks that …
Report: Lumia 900 costs $217 in parts and labor
Tweet A new report from iSuppli claims that each unit of Nokia’s Lumia 900 smartphone cost a total of $ …