The Gig Economy Is Coming for Jobs
From today’s New York Times: A few years ago, Adalberto Martín began to see some troubling changes at work. As a veteran member of the room service staff at Marriott’s…
Major union launches campaign to organize video game and tech workers
From today’s Los Angeles Times: The last two years have witnessed a wave of walkouts, petitions and other workplace actions at video game and tech companies. But despite this swell…
Data Privacy: What Californians can do about creepy data collection in 2020
From today’s The Mercury News: Starting New Year’s Day, Californians creeped out by the trove of personal data companies collect on their online shopping, searching and social media habits will…
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A brutal year: how ‘techlash’ caught up with Facebook, Google and Amazon
From The Guardian Online: What goes up must come down, and in 2019, gravity reasserted itself for the tech industry. After years of relatively unchecked growth, the tech industry found…
Opinion: One Man Can Bring Equifax to Justice (and Get You Your Money)
From today’s New York Times: On Dec. 19, District Judge Thomas Thrash of Atlanta will hold a final approval hearing for the Equifax 2017 data breach settlement. There’s a lot…
Andrew Yang claims, “Yes, Robots Are Stealing Your Job.” So now what?
From today’s New York Times: During the last Democratic debate, in Ohio, there was a moment that stood out. Elizabeth Warren and I got into a debate over the impact…
As L.A. ports automate, some workers are cheering on the robots
From today’s Los Angeles Times: Day after day, Walter Diaz, an immigrant truck driver from El Salvador, steers his 18-wheeler toward the giant ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach.…
5-Hour Workdays? 4-Day Workweeks? Yes, Please
From today’s New York Times: A German entrepreneur named Lasse Rheingans has become a subject of attention since The Wall Street Journal recently reported on a novel idea he has…
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Opinion: You Call It the Gig Economy, but California Calls It “Feudalism”
From today’s New York Times: Labor leaders cheered in the balcony and lawmakers embraced on the floor of the California Senate on Tuesday as it passed a landmark measure that…
Sweeping bill rewriting California employment law sent to Gov. Newsom
From today’s Los Angeles Times: California lawmakers rewrote the rules of employment across a wide swath of industries Wednesday in legislation that could grant hundreds of thousands of workers new…