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 | Gig Workers
Forrester’s report calls out that automation does not simply require increased investment in technology, but also serious investments in workers’ development and, potentially, management re-structuring. However, workers and managers don’t always...
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 | Gig Workers, U.S. Economy
The future of work is so uncertain that perhaps the only possible job security exists for the person who can credibly claim to be an expert on the future of work. Nevertheless, there are two trends purported experts are reasonably certain about: (1) continued growth...
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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