January 17th 2021
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The fight over California’s Prop 22 – which made permanent Uber and Lyft’s misclassification of their workers – is not over. A group of gig workers and unions, led by the SEIU, have filed suit in California seeking to overturn the initiative, saying that it...
The NFL will be playing Wednesday night football this week after the league pushed Tuesday’s game between the Pittsburgh Steelers and Baltimore Ravens – already postponed twice after being scheduled for Thanksgiving due to a COVID outbreak in the Ravens...
Following the victory of President-elect Joe Biden, focus has pivoted away from the tumult of electoral politics to the work of governance. Given the likelihood of a Republican-majority in the Senate, the incoming Administration is likely to face difficulty...
Today is election day. We’re paying special attention to whether Proposition 22 in California passes or not. Polls show that the vote on the ballot measure, which Patrick Redford of Defector describes as an effort by gig companies to “etch the permanent...
On Wednesday, rideshare drivers lost their case in California state court to restrict Uber from using its app to disseminate political messaging in favor of Proposition 22, a ballot measure bankrolled by several rideshare companies to reverse California’s decision...
An Uber driver filed a class action lawsuit on Monday accusing the company of intentional race discrimination in violation of Title VII. The alleged discrimination is tied to customer evaluations of drivers. The complaint alleges “Uber is aware that passengers are...
Teachers unions have launched lawsuits across the country to secure remote learning as the pandemic rages on. Nearly all of the suit have failed, however, because courts consider the fight over school reopening to be too “political” for judicial intervention. Left...
The Senate is set to vote on two stimulus measures this Tuesday and Wednesday, CNN reports. They will first vote on the stand-alone Paycheck Protection Program designed to provide relief to small businesses. Then, on Wednesday, Senate Republicans will try to pass a...
Underscored by the Department of Labor’s (DOL) weekly unemployment claims report, the uncertainty stemming from the pandemic continues to put pressure on and upend the labor market. Last week, 898,000 people sought unemployment assistance for the first time, a...
A California Court of Appeals heard oral arguments yesterday from Uber, Lyft, and the State of California about whether the state can recognize drivers as employees with rights to certain benefits under the state’s law AB 5. The companies were ordered to comply...
Workers at the New Yorker union have won their fight for a just cause provision. For the first time in the magazine’s 95 year history, its workers will not be at-will employees, and have a guarantee that they will only be disciplined or fired for cause. While...
The first presidential debate of the 2020 election left viewers reeling after ninety minutes of interruptions, falsehoods, and personal attacks, mostly leveled by President Trump. Commentators called the debate an “ugly melee,” an “embarrassment for the ages,” and...