In August a California court ordered Uber and Lyft to reclassify more than 100,000 drivers as regular employees. The two companies, which depend on a business model that defines drivers as independent contractors, got the decision lifted for at least a few months. But in the meantime their threat to shut down operations in California—and …
Return of the Lockout: Uber and Lyft Try to Strong-Arm California Read More »
It wasn’t supposed to be like this, according to John Maynard Keynes. In 1930, the economist predicted that his grandchildren would be working 15-hour work weeks. Technology would have advanced to the point two generations after his own that workers’ average time on the job would be a fraction of what it once was. We would all be …
American Workers Have Lost Control of Their Time. It’s Time To Take It Back. Read More »
just tran•si•tion noun 1. A framework to address the livelihoods and needs of the workers and communities most impacted by the switch to renewable energy“We want [a plan to] mobilize the economy in a way that transitions us off of fossil fuels in 11 years, but also protects every single worker [and] their ability to have a job and healthcare.” —Nicole …
What a Just Transition Would Actually Mean for Workers Read More »
America is in crisis. There can be no doubt about that. All of our immediate crises—the pandemic and the unemployment and the economic collapse and the death spiral of various public institutions—have lent the upcoming presidential election an air of emergency. For working people in America, though, the emergency is nothing new at all. What …
What’s at Stake for the Labor Movement on Election Day? Everything. Read More »
Madeline Messa is a 3L at Syracuse University College of Law. She graduated from Penn State with a degree in journalism. With her legal research and writing for Workplace Fairness, she strives to equip people with the information they need to be their own best advocate.
