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In Europe, Platform Workers Are Winning Limited Protections

Ben Wray Jacobin
Across Europe, platform workers have won a series of court cases ruling that they are employees, not self-employed. Moves for new EU-wide legislation have faced serious resistance from lobbyists but now look set to deliver some new protections.

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In Obama’s Working, There Is No Way Out

Alex N. Press Jacobin
Barack Obama abandoned his commitments to unions, and many top staffers went to work for the gig economy. In his Netflix series Working, the former president bears witness to workers’ suffering as if it were immutable.

America’s Workplace Safety Crisis

Terri Gerstein The American Prospect
Today is Worker's Memorial Day. Conditions have improved from the days of the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire. But not by nearly enough.

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Union Leaders: No Deals with Uber and Lyft!

Peter Olney and Rand Wilson Stansbury Forum
Legislation under consideration in New York Massachusetts and other states look like they might offer gig workers some benefits in terms of limited bargaining rights, but they would come at a high cost.
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