‘Due process’ for deactivations would include clear rules, guidelines, and appeals before loss of income.
Uber
Posted inEconomic Policy
The Urge to Surge
Businesses are hiking prices to take advantage of consumers. They learned it from Uber.
Posted inBooks
Uber and the Impoverished Public Expectations of the 2010s
A new book shows that Uber was a symbol of a neoliberal philosophy that neglected public funding and regulation in favor of rule by private corporations.
Posted inTAP
One More Pro-Worker Move From Biden
Today on TAP: The Labor Department says if you make your living driving for Uber, Lyft, or FedEx, you’re an employee, not an ‘independent contractor.’
Posted inWorking in America
How to Pay Under the Minimum Wage in California
If you’re Uber and Lyft, you buy a labor law through the ballot initiative system that legalizes the payment of poverty wages.
Posted inWorking in America
How Gig Workers Are Bearing the Brunt of the Global Economic Crisis
Higher prices, an imminent economic downturn, and the stock market turmoil have turned working conditions from bad to worse for on-demand workers.
Posted inLaw and Justice
In Massachusetts, a Limit on Gig Companies’ Deceptions
The state Supreme Court throws a Proposition 22–like initiative off November’s ballot.
Posted inTransportation
Uber Gives Up, Moves On
Taxis and the ride-hailing company end their feud; they had no other choice.
Posted inWorking in America
Is Washington State About to Deprive Its Gig Drivers of Basic Rights?
A bill quietly sailing through the legislature could do just that.
Posted inLaw and Justice
Prop 22, and California’s Constitutional Absurdity
Why doesn’t the state figure out whether ballot initiatives are legal before people vote on them?
