Tag: Gig Economy
Amazon’s Gig Workers In Staten Island File Petition For Union
On Monday gig workers at an Amazon warehouse in New York's Staten Island filed a petition to form a union, Reuters reports.
Chris Smalls, a...
Uber Considers Gig Worker Benefits Model In Canada
Uber Technologies on Monday, August 30, proposed a plan for a flexible benefits fund for app-based ride-hail and food delivery drivers in Canada under...
Lyft “Confident” They Will Prevail Over Renewed Prop 22 Battle
Lyft Co-founder and President John Zimmer told CNBC’s Jim Cramer that the renewed legal fight regarding California's Proposition 22 and the classification of workers...
US Court Rules California Gig Worker Exemption Is Unconstitutional
A 2020 ballot measure that exempted ride-share and food delivery drivers from a state labor law is unconstitutional, a California judge ruled on Friday,...
EC Invites Comments On The Application Of EU Competition Law To...
The European Commission has launched a public consultation to gather views and evidence from citizens, businesses, social partners, academia, government bodies, and all interested...
‘I’ll call my Union’, said the driver – Collective bargaining of...
By Maria José Schmidt-Kessen & Yvette Lind (Copenhagen Business School), Christian Bergqvist & Catherine Jacqueson (University of Copenhagen), Max Huffman (McKinney School of Law)
This...
Australia Grants Gig Workers Collective Bargaining Rights
Gig economy workers will be able to collectively bargain for their rates under a new exemption from competition laws for small businesses and independent...
Labor Organization in Ride Sharing – Unionization or Cartelization?
By Mark Anderson (University of Idaho) & Max Huffman (Indiana University)
The sharing economy brings together the constituent parts of a business enterprise into a...
Gig Worker Law Change Will Head To California Voters In November
A petition by Uber, Lyft, and DoorDash to roll back a California law regarding gig economy workers has reached 1 million signatures and will...
EU Antitrust Chief Backs Gig Workers
Uber's drivers and takeout delivery workers have found allies in the European Union, as its antitrust chief wants to help them fight for better...
