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DoorDash’s anti-worker tactics just backfired spectacularly in court

February 12, 2020 Editor

From today’s Vox News Online: The food delivery company DoorDash made its delivery workers sign away their right to sue if a legal dispute arises between a worker and the…

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New York Governor Lays Down Ultimatum on Gig Worker Rights

January 27, 2020 Editor

From today’s Bloomberg Law Online: New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo (D) kicked gig worker rights out of the state’s budget discussion, instead creating a task force to study the issue.…

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The Gig Economy Is Coming for Jobs

January 13, 2020 Editor

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…

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Opinion: You Call It the Gig Economy, but California Calls It “Feudalism”

September 12, 2019 Editor

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…

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Sweeping bill rewriting California employment law sent to Gov. Newsom

September 12, 2019 Editor

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…

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Uber drivers are contractors, not employees, U.S. labor agency says

May 15, 2019 Editor

From today’s Reuters News Service: Drivers for ride-hailing company Uber Technologies Inc are independent contractors and not employees, the general counsel of a U.S. labor agency has concluded, in an…

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Labor Dept. Says Workers at a Gig Company Are Contractors

May 3, 2019 Editor

From today’s New York Times: The Labor Department weighed in Monday on a question whose answer could be worth billions of dollars to gig-economy companies, deciding that one company’s workers…

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He Has Driven for Uber Since 2012 and He Makes About $40,000 a Year

April 12, 2019 Editor

From today’s New York Times: Uber’s public stock offering next month will make a bunch of people remarkably rich. Peter Ashlock is not one of them, although he has toiled…

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The Gig 101: The Con of the Side Hustle

April 9, 2019 Editor

From today’s New York Times: An attractive woman behind the wheel of a gray car says to the camera, “These days anyone can have a side hustle.” She then whisks…

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Instacart and DoorDash’s Tip Policies Deliver Outrage to Workers, Customers

February 7, 2019 Editor

From today’s New York Times: Delivery has always been a rough business. Since time immemorial, couriers have braved the elements, gotten by on meager wages and dealt with annoying customers,…

DoorDash’s anti-worker tactics just backfired spectacularly in court

New York Governor Lays Down Ultimatum on Gig Worker Rights

The Gig Economy Is Coming for Jobs

Opinion: You Call It the Gig Economy, but California Calls It “Feudalism”

Sweeping bill rewriting California employment law sent to Gov. Newsom

Uber drivers are contractors, not employees, U.S. labor agency says

Labor Dept. Says Workers at a Gig Company Are Contractors

He Has Driven for Uber Since 2012 and He Makes About $40,000 a Year

The Gig 101: The Con of the Side Hustle

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