Links on 7/02/2013

Job applicants' Facebook pages: Ignore them..

Corporate managers are increasingly looking at job applicants’ social media profiles as a way to glean more information about potential hires,…

The worst things about working at a grim Amazon facility – Salon.com.

The whole account of life at the Amazon warehouse is shockingly grim and bleak, conjuring up images of a technological wasteland from a Philip K. Dick novel. Here are some of the most disturbing details:…

SCOTUS: No right to remain silent unless you speak up – Salon.com.

Teen Jailed As Terrorist Threat After Making Sarcastic Comments on Facebook | Alternet.

Disabled workers paid just pennies an hour – and it's legal – Investigations.

The Expendables: How the Temps Who Power Corporate Giants Are Getting Crushed – ProPublica.

This is not Mexico. It is not Guatemala or Honduras. This is Chicago, New Jersey, Boston.

The people here are not day laborers looking for an odd job from a passing contractor. They are regular employees of temp agencies working in the supply chain of many of America’s largest companies…