The Fight for Employment Status for App-workers Broadens

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https://chieforganizer.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/CN09072019.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: Apple PodcastsAmsterdam      The Department of Labor under the Trump administration is doing all it can to assure app-based tech companies from Uber, Deliveroo, and others that they will bend over backwards to shield them from classification as directly employed workers rather than independent subcontracts.  Government agencies in an …

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On-Demand Uber and Lyft Fiction Going Down in the Courts

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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. …

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