by dankeelan | Aug 22, 2019 | Featured, Gig Workers, Jobs, U.S. Economy
Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) took a shot at companies like Uber and Lyft on Wednesday with a new plan that would make it harder for them to rely on gig workers. Sanders, a presidential candidate, unveiled a wide-ranging “Workplace Democracy” plan to...
by dankeelan | Aug 5, 2019 | Featured, Gig Workers, Jobs
Right now the workplace is undergoing the biggest changes within the past 200 years. Traditional 9-to-5 employment model is getting closer to becoming obsolete. More and more people are realizing that they don’t have to be pinned to a single place of work to earn...
by dankeelan | Jul 31, 2019 | Benefits, Featured, Gig Workers
Last December, when Google’s temporary, vendor and contract workers demanded benefits and better communication, the media took notice. Since then, and given the rise in the gig economy and a tight labor market, employers are asking if they should offer more...
by dankeelan | Jul 31, 2019 | Featured, Jobs
Global freelancing platform Upwork announced a sweeping policy change on Tuesday that will impact hundreds of thousands of freelancers — particularly new and/or low-earning users. “Connects,” the virtual tokens freelancers use to submit proposals for...
by dankeelan | Jul 31, 2019 | Featured, Gig Workers, Unions
South Bend Mayor Pete Buttigieg and 2020 Democratic presidential candidate said he would allow gig workers to unionize to “put the interest of workers first.” “There are people in the gig economy who go through more jobs in a week than my parents...
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