Prop 22 in California; Uber and Lyfft

We need to say ‘NO’ from day one to dictatorial ambition and repressive actions. Please click to help Portside to inform, analyze and mobilize in the year ahead.

February 15, 2021

Manipulations of Freedom: The Dirty Fight for Prop 22 and the Gig Economy

Sumona Gupta Monthly Review

Gig economy companies were not true pioneers. The truth behind their dominance is their aggressive market takeovers, aided by their precarious labor model. The piece wage’s effect is to induce workers to toil longer and harder for less.

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February 12, 2021

Gig Workers’ Data Rights Should Be Prioritized in Labor’s Next Fight

Phela Townsend Truthout

Three people getting into a car with a Uber sign on the windshield.

Data is like sunlight on employers’ wider patterns of technology use: without it, workers have little recourse to effectively address workplace concerns or combat violations of labor law.

November 10, 2020

Uber and Lyft Notch Another Corporate Victory in the Global Exploitation of ‘Gig Workers’

Bama Athreya Inequality

Labor organizing in California and around the world is pushing platform companies to take extreme measures to defend their exploitative business model.

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