http://chieforganizer.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/01_things_i_never_said.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: Apple PodcastsNew Orleans The simple standard for workers when asked the question “Who do you work for?” is clear. If a worker answers, myself, then maybe they are an independent contractor. If they answer Uber or Lyft or any other company, then it’s pretty clear they are employees. …
Month: February 2015
Set the Cities Free to Provide Broadband Internet!
New Orleans The FCC, thankfully, is moving forward on a new rule that many believe will preempt the fact that a patchwork quilt of legislation has emerged in twenty different states to block the efforts of cities to create their own broadband networks. We’ll watch closely how this developed. Susan Crawford, the Harvard professor, who …
Underpaying Servers Cannot Be Solved by Tipping Technology
New Orleans Because the restaurant industry has dominated the lobbying process around past efforts to raise the federal minimum wage in the US, servers, bartenders, and others who receive tips are not paid the current minimum of $7.25 per hour as a guarantee, but have to hustle that wage from a base of $2.13. Despite …