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The Invisible Future Of American Jobs
Fewer and fewer Americans work in places like steel mills or on assembly lines, while more and more work in health care — and that’s no coincidence. -
Google Workers Launch Union To Press Grievances With Executives
More than 200 engineers and other workers have formed a union at Google, a breakthrough in labor organizing in Silicon Valley where workers have clashed… -
How The Pandemic Turned An Introvert Into A Voice For Gig Workers
Willy Solis never saw himself as an activist."I'm an introvert, extreme introvert," he said. "That's my nature."But 2020 changed that — like so many other… -
Uber And Lyft Must Make Drivers Employees, California Court Rules
A California appeals court says Uber and Lyft must classify their drivers as employees rather than independent contractors, siding with a lower court that… -
'I'm Still Unemployed': Millions In Dire Situation As Savings Start To Run Out
When the coronavirus pandemic hit this spring, government relief payments provided a life raft to millions of people who had been thrown out of work. That… -
Uber, Lyft Will Not Suspend Service In California After Court Gives Them More Time
Uber and Lyft spent the past week threatening to shut down their ride-hailing services in California at the stroke of midnight on Thursday.But the… -
1 in 5 Child Care Jobs Were Lost Since Pandemic Started. Women Are Affected Most
The economic toll of the pandemic has led to the loss of nearly a quarter million jobs for child care providers, nearly all of whom are women and disproportionately Black or Latina. -
California Judge Orders Uber And Lyft To Consider All Drivers Employees
A California judge has ordered Uber and Lyft to reclassify their workers from independent contractors to employees with benefits, a ruling that could be… -
Supplemental Unemployment Benefits Could Stop Long Before The Pandemic Does
The extra $600 per week check — a supplemental unemployment benefit package approved by Congress back in March — is set to expire by the end of this week in most states. -
Essential Workers Hold Walkouts And Protests In National 'Strike For Black Lives'
Front-line workers in several U.S. cities walked off their jobs and took to the streets to demand racial and economic justice.
