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Category:Gig News

September 18, 2023
News & Commentary

Elyse Weissberger

UAW enters its fourth day of striking with plans to meet Stellantis at the negotiating table; 13 of the 14 bargaining units representing Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority (SEPTA) will negotiate new contracts in the next six months; a Brazilian labor court ordered Uber to pay ~$205 million in fines for irregular working relations with app drivers; unions across many sectors press lawmakers to curb potential threats from artificial intelligence

August 23, 2023
News & Commentary

Peter Morgan

For the first time, the United States has requested a Rapid Response Labor Mechanism (RRM) under the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement. A committee chaired by the United States Trade Representative (Katherine Tai) and the Secretary of Labor (Julie Su, acting) had sent a petition to Mexico to review allegations that the Grupo Mexico had violated the […]

June 14, 2023
News & Commentary

Peter Morgan

In today’s news: the NLRB returns to its Obama-era standard for identifying independent contractors, UPS agrees to the Teamster’s demand for air-conditioned trucks, and Alamo Drafthouse announces the likely elimination of the projectionist position days after its projectionists at a NYC location filed to unionize. The National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) took a crucial step […]

April 16, 2023
News & Commentary

Will Ebeler

Unions at Rutgers University paused a week-long strike after reaching a framework for a new agreement; France’s Constitutional Council upheld the constitutionality of a plan to raise the retirement age; a former employee of Smoothstack Inc. filed a class action over alleged wage theft; a new research paper explained algorithmic wage discrimination by gig companies.

9th Circuit Revives Constitutional Challenge to Employee Classification Law

Mar 20, 2023 Michelle Berger

Federal court breathes new life into Uber’s challenge to California‘s worker-classification law.

February 26, 2023
News & Commentary

Swap Agrawal

Uber and Lyft drivers in New York City go on strike, Hyundai divests from an Alabama factory due to child labor violations

August 31, 2022
News & Commentary

Sarah Leadem

In today’s News & Commentary, public approval of labor unions has reached a record high and Seattle’s independent contractors have new rights starting this Thursday. A Gallup poll released on Tuesday reports that 71% of Americans support labor unions—the highest approval rating since 1965. The trend toward union support started with the onset of the […]

July 5, 2022
News & Commentary

Travis Lavenski

In today’s news & commentary, Southern states enact new laws to protect gig companies, the UK rail strike may not be over yet, and Starbucks Workers United creates a national newsletter. State legislatures in Alabama and Georgia have weighed in on the gig economy debate, siding with companies such as Uber and Lyft, Bloomberg reports. […]

Uber Teams Up with an Unlikely Ally: Taxis

Apr 15, 2022 Kelsey MacKinnon

Uber recently announced a deal to list all New York City yellow cabs on its app. Given the hostile history between Uber and the taxi industry, this partnership comes as a surprise to many. But it is not a one-off — in February 2022, Uber revealed its goal of putting every taxi in the world […]

April 11, 2022
News & Commentary

Fred Wang

In today’s news and commentary: the NLRB plans to accuse Starbucks of unlawful firings; an economist explains how antitrust law can protect worker power; mental health–based employment bias claims are on the rise; and more on the NLRB GC’s memo against “captive audience” meetings. The NLRB is taking legal action against Starbucks for unlawfully firing […]

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