by dankeelan | Apr 27, 2021 | Featured, Gig Workers, Safety
Just before Christmas last year, Willy Solis, a 42-year-old residential construction worker-turned-delivery driver, was hired to take a late-night $100 bottle of cognac to an apartment complex in Denton, Texas. Once Solis found the apartment, he met a stocky man who...
by dankeelan | Apr 27, 2021 | Featured, Journallism, Media, Tips
Newsroom layoffs have become an evergreen storyline in the media industry today. More than 16,000 newsroom jobs in the U.S. were slashed in 2020, across local newsrooms and media giants alike. Whether by choice or increasingly out of necessity, it is...
by dankeelan | Apr 20, 2021 | Entertainment, Europe, Featured, Gig Workers
Labor organization CGT Spectacle has been spearheading a nation-wide occupation of drama theaters since March 4, and momentum hasn’t died down in the last month, with nearly 100 venues still occupied across France as of April 19. It all started at the Odeon Theater,...
by dankeelan | Apr 20, 2021 | California, Featured, Future of Work, Remote Work
Californians who swapped mind-numbing traffic and packed trains for “commutes” to a home office or living room don’t want to go back to their old daily grind. That’s according to a University of Southern California survey released Monday, which found more...
by dankeelan | Apr 20, 2021 | Benefits, Featured, Gig Workers
A bill introduced in the U.S. Senate last week would provide up to $250 in weekly unemployment benefits to gig workers. Sens. Ron Wyden, D-Oregon, and Michael Bennet, D-Colorado, introduced the Unemployment Insurance Modernization Act. The 106-page bill seeks to...
by dankeelan | Apr 20, 2021 | Featured, Future of Work, Gig Workers
The debate over what constitutes a “gig worker” rages on, but that hasn’t stopped the gig economy from exploding. According to a new study of gig economy trends by daVinci Payments, Inc., some 93 million workers participated in that sector in 2020, an...
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