by dankeelan | Apr 26, 2022 | Featured, Unions
The number of Americans who belong to labor unions had been dropping for decades. But suddenly, in the last year or so, the winds have changed. Unionization efforts are underway at tech companies like Apple and Google; media organizations like The...
by dankeelan | Mar 21, 2022 | Unions
“Labor Unions are having a moment” announced a recent Time magazine story, pointing out Gallup’s finding that “Sixty-eight percent of Americans approve of labor unions.” Many readers might have thought that they had accidentally stumbled on a...
by dankeelan | Mar 15, 2022 | Australia, Benefits, Unions
Unions have welcomed a trial that will see 150,000 casual workers receive leave at the minimum wage. About 150,000 Victorian casual workers will be eligible for five days’ paid sick and carer’s leave each year as part of a $246m Australian-first trial to tackle the...
by dankeelan | Mar 8, 2022 | Gig Workers, Unions
The placards and picket lines commonly associated with unions have no place in the gig economy. Neither do collective bargaining, labor strikes, or brawling in the streets with strikebreakers. These are hallmarks of a bygone era. While labor unions can be a powerful...
by dankeelan | Mar 1, 2022 | Featured, Gig Workers, U.S. Economy, Unions
A coalition of labor groups pushing to make gig workers count as employees in Massachusetts has renamed their campaign and begun hiring staff that will try to fight some of the giants of the tech world on multiple fronts. But most gig workers in Massachusetts...
by dankeelan | Dec 7, 2021 | Featured, Gig Workers, Unions
On October 16, an unknown number of drivers for grocery delivery service Instacart went on strike. These shoppers, as Instacart calls its independent contractors, vowed to forgo logging onto the app that provides their dispatches. Other drivers who couldn’t afford to...
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