by dankeelan | Jun 21, 2021 | Gig Workers, U.S. Economy, Unions
It’s been more than a year since San Francisco Uber driver Lucas Chamberlain was knocked unconscious by a would-be customer who attacked him during an argument over whether or not the patron was old enough to ride solo. “I woke up with blood coming down under my...
by dankeelan | Jun 15, 2021 | Benefits, Unions
Companies like Uber, Lyft, and Doordash hope to negotiate compromises with their workers without classifying them as employees. Some U.S. workers are willing to compromise, but many want to be classified as employees, which gives them the right to unionize. Gig...
by dankeelan | Jun 8, 2021 | Featured, U.S. Economy, Unions
The U.S. Supreme Court turned away a bid to weaken the power of public-sector unions, refusing to reconsider a 1984 ruling that lets them serve as the exclusive bargaining agent for workers. The justices without comment rejected an appeal by Jade Thompson, an Ohio...
by dankeelan | Jun 8, 2021 | Europe, Featured, Gig Workers, Unions
Workers face significant challenges in building collective power in an industry that depends on their atomization. How do you bargain for more when your boss is an app, you’re paid by an algorithm, and you haven’t met your coworkers? How do you beat companies that can...
by dankeelan | May 25, 2021 | Featured, Gig Workers, Legal, Unions
New York delivery and ride-share workers at companies such as Uber Technologies Inc. and Instacart Inc. would have a straightforward ability to unionize and collectively bargain en masse—without being classified as employees—under the terms of a...
by dankeelan | May 18, 2021 | Featured, Unions
The presidents of the nation’s two major teachers unions called separately for a full return to in-person learning in the fall, with the leader of the American Federation of Teachers declaring Thursday that her organization was “all-in.” In an address on social...
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