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Strikes erupt as US essential workers demand protection amid pandemic

May 19, 2020 Editor

From The Guardian Online: Wildcat strikes, walkouts and protests over working conditions have erupted across the US throughout the coronavirus pandemic as “essential” workers have demanded better pay and safer…

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Congress calls essential workers ‘heroes,’ hasn’t passed hazard pay raise

May 13, 2020 Editor

From today’s CNBC News: Anyone listening to congressional leaders speak during the coronavirus outbreak has heard a lot about the “heroes” sustaining the rest of the country. Senate Majority Leader…

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California Sues Uber and Lyft, Claiming Workers Are Misclassified

May 5, 2020 Editor

From today’s New York Times: California’s attorney general and a coalition of city attorneys in the state sued Uber and Lyft on Tuesday, claiming the companies wrongfully classified their drivers…

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Trump Halts New Green Cards, but Backs Off Ban for Migrant Workers

April 21, 2020 Editor

From today’s New York Times: After pledging on Twitter to end immigration during the pandemic, President Trump moved to block new green cards but stopped short of ending all work…

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Could the Pandemic Wind Up Fixing What’s Broken About Work in America?

April 13, 2020 Editor

From today’s New York Times: Crises like pandemics, economic collapses and world wars have, at times throughout history, ended up reordering societies — shrinking the gap between the rich and…

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Amazon, Instacart Workers Demand Coronavirus Protection And Pay

March 30, 2020 Editor

From NPR News Online: Some Amazon warehouse workers in Staten Island, N.Y., and Instacart’s grocery delivery workers nationwide walked off their jobs on Monday. They are demanding stepped-up protection and…

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Pandemic Erodes Gig Economy Work

March 18, 2020 Editor

From today’s New York Times: It was just after 11 a.m. last Wednesday when Jaime Maldonado, 51, pulled his rented Nissan into a lot outside San Francisco International Airport. He…

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The Bleak Job Landscape of Adjunctopia for Ph.D.s

March 6, 2020 Editor

From today’s New York Times: The humanities labor market is in crisis. Higher education industry trade publications are full of essays by young Ph.D.s who despair of ever finding a…

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In major ruling, San Diego judge says Instacart will flunk AB 5 contractor test

March 4, 2020 Editor

From today’s San Diego Union-Tribune: A San Diego Superior Court judge has ruled that Instacart is likely misclassifying some of its workers as contractors — when the law requires they…

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Kickstarter Employees Vote to Unionize in a Big Step for Tech Workers

February 18, 2020 Editor

From today’s New York Times: Employees at the crowdfunding platform Kickstarter voted on Tuesday to unionize, the first well-known technology company to take the step toward being represented by organized…