Articles from the New York Times | Rethink Work

The Company is Watching You Everywhere — As technological methods of surveillance become more powerful and less expensive, and as the social climate becomes more receptive, increased emphasis is being placed on monitoring workers, even when they are away from work, and the distinction between on- and off-duty behavior is narrowed [1987]

In: Predatory capitalism

Topics: Technofeudalism, Workplace Dictatorship

Country: US

Source: NYT

The Rise of the Worker Productivity Score — Across industries and incomes, more employees are being tracked, recorded and ranked. As these practices have spread, so has resistance to what labor advocates call one of the most significant expansions of employer power in generations [2022]

In: Democracy & Power

Topics: Technofeudalism

Source: NYT

Thomas Piketty’s Radical Plan to Redistribute Wealth — To address inequality & improve democracy, he suggests taking a large measure of control over corporations away from their managers and shareholders and give it to employees, and create a system of egalitarian funding for political campaigns, the media and think tanks [2022]

In: Democracy & Power

Topics: Worker Ownership, Worker Rights

Source: NYT