by dankeelan | Feb 15, 2022 | Featured, Gig Workers, Pay
Do Uber drivers make $10 an hour? $50 an hour? Are they working two jobs at the same time? Do they feel exploited? Do they stick around for years? We had our hunches but we weren’t sure, until now. How are you going to try to make effective labour market laws that...
by dankeelan | Feb 15, 2022 | Gig Workers
The Seattle City Council is considering a proposal that would require certain companies offering gig work jobs over online platforms to provide a minimum pay rate, dependent on factors including time and mileage. Gig workers organizing through Working Washington...
by dankeelan | Feb 8, 2022 | Gig Workers, Jobs
The explosion in popularity of ride sharing and food delivery apps means that gig work, or contract work, has become a much more common form of employment across the country. But the mass exodus of workers from the retail industry over the course of the pandemic means...
by dankeelan | Feb 8, 2022 | Career, Jobs
Ten million jobs in creative industries worldwide were lost in 2020 as a result of the Covid pandemic, and the increasing digitisation of cultural output means it is harder than ever for artists to make a living, a Unesco report has said. Covid has led to...
by dankeelan | Feb 8, 2022 | Age, Jobs
When Noy Rigoni lost his welding job in 2019, he figured he’d have no trouble finding a new one. The job market in the Portland, Oregon, area, where he lives in the suburbs, was solid, plus, trade groups report a nationwide shortage of welders. But Rigoni has been...
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