Daily U.S. user volumes rose to a record 4.84 million on Monday for Zoom, as millions of children switched to virtual learning programs and companies asked employees to work from home to contain the outbreak. Business-focused Teams was used by 1.56 million users on the same day, while Slack saw less than 500,000 users. Zoom declined to comment on usage statistics, but its active users in March were 151% higher on average from a year earlier, according to Apptopia....
The unionized pilots of express carrier United Parcel Service, Inc. (NYSE: UPS) on Tuesday overwhelmingly ratified a two-year extension of their existing labor contract.According to the Independent Pilots Association (IPA), the contract was ratified with 98.86% of the vote and 95.2% of the eligible members casting their ballots. The union represents more than 2,900 pilots who fly for UPS.The new agreement extends the current labor contract for the UPS pilots, starting Sept. 1, 2021."This contract extension provides stability for both UPS and our pilots as we jointly face unprecedented times in our industry" said Capt. Robert Travis, the union's president, in a statement.IPA and UPS announced an agreement was reached for the two-year contract extension on Feb. 10, with a deadline for the pilots union membership to ratify it by the end of March.The extended agreement includes annual wage increases and pension enhancements for the pilots.Photo Credit: Flickr/BriYYZSee more from Benzinga...
New York State’s Attorney General is calling for an investigation into Amazon for firing a worker who staged a walkout of the company’s Staten Island warehouse in protest over a lack of personal protective equipment....
U.S. hospitals and physician groups are beginning to feel severe financial strain as they shift operations from profitable procedures to focus on the rapidly spreading coronavirus pandemic. The hospital industry nationwide is under growing pressure to halt lucrative elective surgeries, relocate patients not infected with coronavirus from frontline facilities, and greatly expand capacity for expensive intensive care to address the healthcare crisis. In roughly a dozen states, including hard-hit New York, New Jersey and Washington, government officials have ordered these changes....
The FBI is out with a new warning about the potential for "Zoom-bombing," where hackers can take over video-conferencing on the popular app.Yahoo Finance’s Dan Howley joins Seana Smith to discuss, as more Americans are working remotely. ...
