New Orleans I’m not an Uber-fan. Cabdrivers have a rough road to travel and city regulations protect their safety and the passengers, so what Uber calls “disruption,” looks a lot like another corporate scam on workers and their communities. On the other hand, I’m no fool. And, when it looked impossible to catch a cab …
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On-Demand Uber and Lyft Fiction Going Down in the Courts
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. …
On-Demand Economy, “Utter Nonsense,” and Unequal Negotiation
New Orleans When we affiliated with SEIU initially in 1984, the one condition imposed on our local union in New Orleans was that we not organize the city police. They had had a bad experience with a group they had tried to affiliate then had gone rouge and struck to hold Mardi Gras hostage. No …