The title of this article comes to us courtesy of the Amazon PR machine. When I read that statement, it tells me that Amazon/AWS/AMT does not care about the turkers worldwide who work on programming their smart devices. It tells me they do not respect us, they do not value our contributions to their company, …
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Welcome to our latest Newsletter. Our Next Open Forum If you have thoughts on Turkopticon’s mass rejection campaign or any other issues facing turkers, we would like to invite you to our open community forum on Thursday, April 13th. Turkers can stop by between the hours of 1-3 pm EST. As always, we will try …
If you had not heard of AI Insights, you likely have now. In case you’ve been away for a bit, AI Insights is a newer requester that popped onto the platform about five to six weeks ago during the midst of the “slow time.” Summertime, while beloved by most people in the northern hemisphere, also …
*Names of turkers, requesters, and countries have been omitted to protect privacy. I would tell you how many drafts of this article I have written, but the truth is that I have lost count. Why you might be wondering? I have a lot to say on this topic and trying to condense it all for …
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For Immediate Release:March 10, 2021 Contact: Courtney Holsworth, cholsworth@rabengroup.com, (989) 572-8162 Amazon Mechanical Turk Workers Launch Effort To Push Back Against Exploitative Labor Practices Through Turkopticon Platform Today, Amazon Mechanical Turk workers are launching a fundraising campaign to support Turkopticon, a nonprofit crowdsourcing platform for turk workers to share information about exploitative practices and fight for …
Tech workers in other parts of the industry care are in solidarity with Turkers. Over the last years, our software team has grown with several engineers from Tech Workers Coalition. Tech Workers Coalition exists to build worker power in the tech industry. This week, they published a story by lead organizer Sherry Stanley in their …
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