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Shirin Ghaffary

Shirin Ghaffary

Former Senior Correspondent

    Latest articles by Shirin Ghaffary

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    The WeWork mess, explainedThe WeWork mess, explained
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    From the “next Alibaba” to a financial liability for SoftBank, here’s how the coworking startup got to this point.

    By Rani Molla and Shirin Ghaffary
    Technology
    Robots aren’t taking warehouse employees’ jobs, they’re making their work harderRobots aren’t taking warehouse employees’ jobs, they’re making their work harder
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    A new report says that automation won’t wipe out warehouse jobs in the short term but it may make them worse.

    By Shirin Ghaffary
    Technology
    Google’s attempt to shut down a unionization meeting just riled up its employeesGoogle’s attempt to shut down a unionization meeting just riled up its employees
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    Management tried to shut down an employee-led talk on unionization at its Zurich office, but it happened anyway.

    By Shirin Ghaffary
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    Google employees are fighting over their company’s decision to ban a Hong Kong protest video game appGoogle employees are fighting over their company’s decision to ban a Hong Kong protest video game app
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    The move has helped spark a fiery debate playing out on the search giant’s internal mailing lists.

    By Shirin Ghaffary
    Technology
    GitHub is the latest tech company to face controversy over its contracts with ICEGitHub is the latest tech company to face controversy over its contracts with ICE
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    Employees are demanding the company cancel its $200,000 contract with the immigration agency.

    By Shirin Ghaffary
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    Are you supposed to tip your Uber driver?Are you supposed to tip your Uber driver?
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    How Uber made ride-hail tipping so confusing.

    By Shirin Ghaffary and Danush Parvaneh
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    A landmark law disrupted the gig economy in California. But what comes next for Uber drivers?A landmark law disrupted the gig economy in California. But what comes next for Uber drivers?
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    Uber and Lyft drivers need to decide if they want to unionize, and how. Plus, legal and political challenges are looming.

    By Shirin Ghaffary and Alexia Fernández Campbell
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    Leaked: Mark Zuckerberg threatens “major lawsuit” if President Warren tries to break up FacebookLeaked: Mark Zuckerberg threatens “major lawsuit” if President Warren tries to break up Facebook
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    The Facebook CEO tried to rally staff in internal staff meetings this summer.

    By Jason Del Rey and Shirin Ghaffary
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    At UC Berkeley, Brown, and Yale, students are fighting to keep Palantir off campus over its ICE contractsAt UC Berkeley, Brown, and Yale, students are fighting to keep Palantir off campus over its ICE contracts
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    In recent days, the data analytics company has been all but forced to drop events and programs at UC Berkeley and Brown, where it has recruited in the past.

    By Shirin Ghaffary
    Technology
    Tech workers have been reluctant to unionize, but Google contractors just changed thatTech workers have been reluctant to unionize, but Google contractors just changed that
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    A group of Google contractors who hold college degrees, get paid as little as $40,000 a year, and don’t receive sick days voted to unionize on Tuesday.

    By Shirin Ghaffary