2022-06-15
NEWS: NO PROP 22 in Mass! Court throws out Prop 22-style initiative in Massachusetts, calling it unconstitutional. Companies like @uber and @lyft rely on spending hundreds of millions of $$ to buy laws for themselves, but we say NO! https://www.nytimes.com/...
New York Times
A Massachusetts court rules that a proposed ballot measure, backed by Uber and Lyft, to classify gig drivers as independent contractors, violates state law
from employer obligations to taking care of passengers when accidents happen"https://www.nytimes.com/ ... @massnotforsale : “The ruling effectively ended a $17.8 million campaign b...
2021-06-24
Reminder: @amazon's #PrimeDay results in even MORE workplace injuries than usual. Today is a Prime time for Amazon to listen to and address its workers' concerns so they are safe on the job every day. https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ...
CNN
Adobe: total US e-commerce sales during Prime Day exceeded $11B; Amazon says Prime Day was the biggest two-day sales period for 3rd-party sellers in its history
Nathaniel Meyersohn / CNN :
2020-04-09
“When you see precarious low-paid individuals who have to work through a pandemic just to make rent & to pay the bills, it really shows the lie in how much economic flexibility workers really have. Precarity & poverty are not flexibility.” #SickofGigGreed https://www.latimes.com/...
Los Angeles Times
In a letter, about 50 labor groups urge congressional leaders to reject Uber CEO's March 23 proposal to create a new legal category for its workers
Johana Bhuiyan / Los Angeles Times : Tweets: @32bjseiu , @nicoemoe , @californialabor , and @legalaidnyc Tweets: @32bjseiu : Uber's CEO is using the coronavirus as an excuse to tr...