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OpEd: Why It’s Time for Gig Workers to Rethink Organizing
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...
Russia: Tens of Thousands of Gig Workers Left Behind as Tech Platforms Pull Out
When Arina, a 22-year-old illustrator in Russia, first started using the freelance work platform Upwork last year, it changed her life. “It was like opening a door into another world for me,” she said, speaking on the condition that her last name not be used out of...
Study: Women Took Gig Work, Preferring Flexibility Over Stability During The Pandemic
Since February 2020, 1.1 million women who left the labor force have yet to return, reported the Washington Post. Gayle Kaufman, a professor of sociology and gender and sexuality studies at Davidson College, said about the recent United States jobs reports, “I...
The Future of Work Is Now, and It Relies on Technology
Digital transformation was already a huge talking point for companies before 2020, but that conversation went into hyperspeed when the pandemic hit. Almost overnight, not only did organizations need to have the right technology in place to keep business operations...
MENTOR Announces the 2022 National Corporate Mentoring Honor Roll
Largest-Ever Recognition of Corporations Across the Country Dedicating Outstanding Support for the Youth Mentoring Movement. MENTOR, the unifying champion for the mentoring movement, released its 2022 National Corporate Mentoring Honor Roll today, a list recognizing...
Google Tested a Meeting Ban and Unexpectedly Reinvented Remote Work
It's not about working from home, it's about being more strategic about meetings. Years ago, Google dropped jaws and sent millions into pure joy when it temporarily banned virtual meetings. It was a test to see if doing so would come with any of its suspected...
Is Remote Work Failing Young Workers?
Research led by Associate Professor Ashish Malik, Head of the Management Discipline at the University of Newcastle, Australia, concludes the impact of technological disruptions on several workplace innovations in workplace redesign. These include flexible work...
Best Gig Insurance
As the U.S. workforce continues to migrate from traditional onsite employment locations to jobs as remote and contract employees, the gig economy has emerged as a new, flexible and short-term type of work. Recent statistics show roughly a third of US workers are part...
