Uber Funds New Lobbying Group to Deny Rights for Gig Workers
From today’s The Guardian: “If I want to work 20 minutes a week, or 30 hours, I can do that,” says a worker in a mysterious new TV ad. “When…
From today’s The Guardian: “If I want to work 20 minutes a week, or 30 hours, I can do that,” says a worker in a mysterious new TV ad. “When…
From today’s New York Times: The Washington State Senate on Friday passed a bill granting gig drivers certain benefits and protections while preventing them from being classified as employees —…
From today’s Global News: Ontario has introduced legislation that would establish employment standards for gig workers, including minimum wage and regular paydays, but critics fear the plan will leave digital…
From today’s The Wire: ON JULY 17, 1963, Jack Nilles sat for hours in the corridors of the Pentagon, drinking cup after cup of sludgy coffee as he waited for…
From today’s MarketWatch: Healthcare, the nation’s fastest-growing industry, could be next in the push for laws to expand gig work. A measure filed this week with the California attorney general’s…
From today’s The Villager amNewYork: New labor protections for the city’s tens of thousands of delivery workers are set to take effect Monday, Jan. 24, and advocates and politicians rallied…
From today’s Yahoo Finance: U.S. labor board prosecutors are trying to violate Whole Foods Market’s copyright and constitutional rights by forcing it to let employees wear “Black Lives Matter” masks…
From today’s New York Times: During her decade-plus at Starbucks, Michelle Eisen says she has endured her share of workplace stress. She points to the company’s increased use of productivity…
From today’s New York Times: The hopes for a booming pandemic recovery — growth led by jobs gains in the millions every month — were dealt a blow in recent…
From today’s Fortune Magazine: A new policy strategy emerging in California holds the potential to transform fast-food work from some of the lowest-paying jobs in the state into good jobs,…