Labor law makes the lives of workers better, which is why employers and Republicans hate it. At first, I could support myself and my son. But over time my earnings fell as Lyft kept changing their pay
Watching Uber and Lyft fall on their faces is hilarious. Everything about the fact that these companies are hemorrhaging money after all the hype says what you need to know both about contemporary cap
Great news out of Seattle: A judge in Washington State has rejected Uber’s attempt to overturn a Seattle ordinance that gives its drivers the right to unionize, potentially opening the door for high
Miya Tokumitsu has an excellent essay placing the extreme sexism of the Uber workplace culture in the broader context of the malignancy at the heart of so much white collar workplace culture. It’
Sarah Jaffe notes that the #DeleteUber campaign is a good lesson to a new generation of the absolute evil of scabbing. These days (and in this economy), we’re more likely to hear justifications for
I’ve railed against Uber for a long time. As a company that seeks to profit off of not providing its employees any protection, basically exploiting independent contractor law to place all the bu
The more one knows about Uber, the more shocking its corporate culture and behavior becomes. It needs more drivers with decent cars. So what is its solution? Offer drivers sub-prime loans for cars at
Since we’ve been talking about SEIU’s now failed deal with Airbnb, this is also very interesting: Uber announced an agreement on Tuesday with a prominent union to create an association for