KEY POINTS

• The United States Maritime Alliance, which represents the owners of East and Gulf Coast ports, said in a statement on Wednesday that the union position on automation is currently making a new labor deal difficult to reach, with a January 15 deadline to either reach an agreement or face another strike.
• USMX says the use of semi-automated cranes, already at many ports, is critical to future supply chain demands.
• The International Longshoremen's Association, which is not publicly commenting, has said in the recent past that the union wants new contract language to clearly state that "no automation means no automation."

With Google's recent monopoly status being a topic a discussion recently. This article from 2017 argues that we should nationalize these platforms in the age of platform capitalism. Ahead of its time, in fact the author predicted the downfall of Ello.

I've posted about this last year. However, during this time they've managed to keep it up and have risen their salaries. The article is an interesting read that goes about their reasoning for paying everyone the same salary.

It's quite rare to see a company pay every employee the same salary, even rarer to have salaries this high. Very interested in how long they'll be able to keep this up.

About the company

Oxide Computer Company is the creator of the world’s first commercial Cloud Computer, a true rack-scale system with fully unified hardware and software, purpose built to deliver hyperscale cloud computing to on-premises data centers. With Oxide, enterprises can fully realize the economic and operational benefits of cloud ownership, with access to the same self-service development experience of public cloud, without the public cloud cost. Oxide empowers developers to build, run and operate any application with enhanced security, latency, and control, and frees enterprises to up-level IT operations to accelerate strategic initiatives. Oxide customers include the Idaho National Laboratory as well as a global financial services firm. To learn more about Oxide’s cloud computer, visit oxide.computer.

Although, the company is quite small and the barrier to entry is quite high. It is still very interesting to see companies setting set wages for every employee across the board and being this transparent about it. The article goes into their reasoning for doing this, definitely a good read.