https://chieforganizer.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/CN09232020corrected.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: Apple PodcastsGreenville If the current administration remains in office in 2021, don’t be surprised if they float a proposal to move the Labor Department over to the Commerce Department as one of its smaller divisions. These days with every new proposed rule they seem to see their mission …
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Gig Work is Not a Jobs Safety Net
https://chieforganizer.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/CN09032020.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: Apple PodcastsPearl River If service work had been the equivalent of a jobs’ “safety net” for workers in many cities and towns in the past, the only replacement available would seem to be “gig” work. What kind of safety net for the working class would that be? I …
Uber CEO Wins Lie of the Week Award on Gig Workers Unemployment
https://chieforganizer.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/CN03252020.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: Apple PodcastsNew Orleans In the Age of Trump, we biscuit cookers get used to hearing disassembling, tall tales, falsehoods, exaggerations, spin, or, not to mince words, lies, on a daily, sometimes hourly basis. These are dangerous days in the White House. After many moons with a drought …