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June 2, 2022
News & Commentary

Anita Alem

On Wednesday, the NLRB issued a complaint alleging that Amazon engaged in illegal conduct as part of its attempts to discourage unionization at the JFK8 facility, which nonetheless successfully voted to unionize, as Kevin reported on in April. The complaint stated Amazon unlawfully forced employees to sit through captive audience meetings, promised employees benefits if […]

Paving the Way for Rideshare Cooperatives

May 18, 2022 Kelsey MacKinnon

The rideshare industry is plagued with concerns over worker exploitation. Though rideshare companies promise drivers autonomy and flexibility, they more often deliver meager wages, a lack of employment benefits, and opaque decision-making processes that can result in sudden changes in pay rates or deactivation from platforms. The platform cooperativism movement calls for a simple solution […]

The Shameful Defeat of David Weil’s Nomination

May 3, 2022 Sara Tsai

On March 30, 2022, David Weil’s nomination to head the Labor Department’s Wage and Hour Division was defeated in an unexpected 47–53 vote, marking the first time one of President Biden’s nominees was defeated in a floor vote. In an unexpected twist, three Democratic Senators — Joe Manchin, Kyrsten Sinema, and Mark Kelly — joined the […]

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 […]

March 27, 2022
News & Commentary

Nikita Rumsey

The New York Times reported that the White House will request that Congress pass a new minimum wealth tax on the ultra-rich as part of the Biden Administration’s budget proposal for the next fiscal year. Called the “Billionaire Minimum Income Tax,” the tax would stipulate that households worth more than $100 million pay a rate […]

March 25, 2022
News & Commentary

Tascha Shahriari-Parsa

The Department of Labor released data today showing that the unemployment rate fell last month in most U.S. states. 12 states have unemployment rates at record lows, including Nebraska and Utah with unemployment rates of 2.1%. However, while unemployment rates are down, labor force participation rates are still nowhere near where they were before the […]

March 14, 2022
News & Commentary

Fred Wang

Forced arbitration denies workers their day in court. Over the past few decades, the Supreme Court has made it increasingly difficult for workers to avoid arbitration. This month, the Court will hear three more cases involving arbitration-related disputes. The first — Morgan v. Sundance, Inc. — concerns whether an employee must make an additional showing of […]

How Far Will the Court Go in Allowing Forced Arbitration for Workers?

Mar 10, 2022 Andrew Strom

Reading the briefs in Southwest Airlines Co. v. Saxon, a case the Supreme Court will hear at the end of the month, I was reminded of two aphorisms. The first is “what a tangled web we weave when first we start to deceive,” and the second is Karl Marx’s observation that history repeats itself, the first […]

March 9, 2022
News & Commentary

Jason Vazquez

In the midst of the historic re-run union election at the Amazon packaging facility in Bessemer, Alabama—ballots were mailed out a few weeks ago and the election remains open until the end of this month—a handful of workers at the plant who voted against the Retail, Wholesale, and Department Store Union (RWDSU) spoke with Buzzfeed News yesterday […]

March 8, 2022
News & Commentary

Iman Masmoudi

Rising gas prices due to crisis in Ukraine are affecting Uber and Lyft driver’s take-home pay, Bloomberg reports. Drivers, who take on the cost of gas for rides themselves, are reporting that refilling their tanks can take as much as 60% of their take-home pay, up from 10% for some drivers. “I’m barely breaking even […]

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