Mark Zuckerberg Wants To Silence Facebook’s Employees
From today’s Vice News: Mark Zuckerberg loves free speech, just not when it comes to his own employees. The Facebook CEO has repeatedly cited free speech as the reason he…
When Your Employer Doesn’t Respect Your Family Commitments
From today’s Harvard Business Review: When trying to balance your work and family commitments, it helps to have a boss who is understanding and supportive: someone who doesn’t raise an…
Instacart shoppers face unforgiving metrics: ‘It’s a very easy job to lose’
From today’s Los Angeles Times: Five days a week, Ryan Hartson scours the picked-over aisles of Mariano’s Fresh Market in Chicago to fill grocery delivery orders for Instacart. He clocks…
Uber likely to shut down in California for over a year if new ruling not overturned
From today’s NBC News Online: In new court filings Wednesday, a top Uber official said the company would “almost certainly need to shut down” ride services in California for “likely…
Employer-Based Health Care, Meet Massive Unemployment from Pandemic
From today’s New York Times: In the early months of 2020, Americans were engaged in the perennial election-year debate over how best to reform the nation’s health care system. As…
How COVID-19 turned a spotlight on weak worker rights in the U.S.
From today’s Harvard Gazette: As the economy reopens after the COVID-19 shutdowns, businesses are taking a varied, often patchwork approach to ensuring health and safety for their workers, and much…
California Sues Uber and Lyft, Claiming Workers Are Misclassified
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…
How the Coronavirus Could Create a New Working Class
From today’s Atlantic Online: Late last month, a photo circulated of delivery drivers crowding around Carbone, a Michelin-starred Greenwich Village restaurant, waiting to pick up $32 rigatoni and bring it…
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Philadelphia in works to set up agency to protect worker rights in the city
From today’s Philadelphia Inquirer: The Philadelphia City Council unanimously approved a bill Thursday that would all but ensure the creation of a permanent city agency dedicated to enforcing the numerous…
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New York Governor Lays Down Ultimatum on Gig Worker Rights
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.…