Hundreds of Toronto Uber Drivers Have Announced Plans to Unionize
The announcement tees up a fight between the United Food and Commercial Workers and rideshare giants like Uber and Lyft.
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‘It’s a Laughable Fiction’: How Uber’s $82 Billion Valuation Was Built on a Lie to Its Workers
As Uber went public and drivers went on strike, we talked to an expert about the gig economy and the future of work.
Here’s Why UberEats Couriers Went on Strike in the U.K. This Month
An organizer with a couriers union discusses the ongoing campaign to improve the gig economy.
Working in America in 2018
For Labor Day, a selection of some of our favorite stories on the American worker in 2018.
Is the Gig Economy Growing or Shrinking?
A new BLS survey shows that the percentage of Americans employed in most types of alternative work arrangements has actually declined since 2005. But that report only tells half the story.
A California Court Just Ruled That Gig Workers Are Bona Fide Employees. Will Courts in Other States Follow Suit?
The California Supreme Court issued a landmark ruling this week on the classification on independent contractors. The decision is expected to have big ramifications in California and elsewhere.
Using Cryptocurrency to Bring Work to Refugees
Start-ups are looking to create a gig economy in refugee camps through the use of blockchain technology, but will it work?
High Court Likely to Classify Uber as Taxi Company
An advocate general at the European Court of Justice declared that Uber is not chiefly a digital platform, but a transportation services company, in a highly influential recommendation to the court.
Uber Raises Rates in Eight States to Offer Drivers Limited Injury Insurance
Riders in Arizona, Delaware, Illinois, Massachusetts, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, and West Virginia will pay $0.05 more per mile to cover the optional insurance.
Making It Work: A Closer Look at the Gig Economy
The gig is up. Emily Hong explores what the gig economy is, and what it will mean for the future of our working world.