by dankeelan | Jun 9, 2020 | Jobs, Unions
Former workers at a luxury apartment building protested Monday after their employer fired them and seemed to blame their vote to unionize. Around a dozen union workers at Jersey City luxury apartment building The Beacon protested in front of the building, holding a...
by dankeelan | May 26, 2020 | Gig Workers, Unions
Prior to the coronavirus, it might have seemed easy to imagine which jobs would remain “essential.” Doctors and nurses, certainly; grocery store workers and gas station attendants and mechanics, the type of people you meet with for what you need in good times and bad:...
by dankeelan | May 12, 2020 | Management, Technology, Unions
Willy Solis describes himself as someone who never dreamed of being an activist. Last year, the 41-year-old Texan began working for Shipt, a grocery delivery app owned by Target that relies on tens of thousands of gig workers to complete fast, “personalized”...
by dankeelan | Apr 13, 2020 | U.S. Economy, Unions
Tech and gig economy workers are talking to unions about organizing as they worry the industry isn’t doing enough to protect them from the coronavirus.Why it matters: The crisis could breathe life into a tech labor movement that has had trouble gaining...
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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