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Campaign Expands As Opposition To Big Tech Loophole Law Grows

The annual shopping frenzy will be underscored by an international day of protest against what activists say are unfair labor practices.

It’s an attempt to recreate the power dynamics of the employer-dominated company towns of old—with workers unable to change employers if they want to continuing working in the same industry.

A coalition of gig workers and labor rights advocates are anticipating that Uber, Lyft and other companies will use their nine-figure playbook from California's Prop. 22 fight.

The National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) issued a sweeping ruling that broadened the discretion of management to discipline or dismiss workers for offensive workplace conduct that arose in the context of union-related activity.

Today’s UK decision is doubly consequential: the court clarifies drivers’ employment status and the time for which they must be compensated.

"This action by Amazon is nothing more than a sad attempt to distract from the facts and shirk accountability for its failures to protect hardworking employees from a deadly virus."

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.

Delivering for working people means action -- and firing Robb on day one will show that the tide in the war on workers is shifting.