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Reports from the Global Demonstration in SL The protest against forced IBM outsourcing took place yesterday, after a global call by IWIS (IBM Workers International Solidarity)….after many “real” initiatives in previous day in Italy, Spain, France against FORCED OUTSOURCING OF EMPLOYEES FROM IBM TO AT&T AND RICOH, WITHOUT EMPLOYMENT GUARANTEES…. […]
Wagner James Au has a writeup and pictures from a recent “in-world” labor protest that took place in Second Life. The company in question: IBM. The aggrieved: 1850 avatars, including some bananas and triangles. Link. Original link is https://boingboing.net/2007/09/27/bananas-and-triangle.html
James sez, “Italian workers with IBM are protesting a $1,377 paycut, and they’re organizing a September 25th protest in Second Life, where IBM has a large corporate campus and marketing site. (The company’s UK division has been using SL as a ‘3D web’ development platform for over a year.) Cory […]
Italian IBM workers have called a virtual strike in Second Life to protest at low pay. IBM employees and their supporters will picket IBM’s presence in the 3D world at some point between 25 and 30 September, according to a union website. Staff are upset that the company has ignored requests […]
News that IBM has a corporate campus in Second Life is so last year ago. Launching a union protest against IBM in Second Life is where it’s at now. At least according to John Wood of Tigmoo, a blog network for UK labor unions, with a site in SL. “An Italian labor union RSU is […]