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Amazon Staten Island Workers Unionize in a Historic First
A scrappy group of Amazon workers in Staten Island, New York, has taken on the trillion-dollar ecommerce company and won.…
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New York Taxi Drivers Hated Uber. Now They’re Going to Help It
Uber has been especially squeezed in New York, because the city has since 2018 capped the number of ride-hail vehicles…
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Labor Unions Face Historic Votes at Amazon
Bradley Moss is having a busy year. A consultant with union-avoidance firm The Burke Group, Moss has been paid by…
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Workers Are Trading Staggering Amounts of Data for ‘Payday Loans’
Argyle CEO Shmulik Fishman says the company can coach lenders on factors like consistency of work and upward trajectory. “Is…
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The Amazon Warehouse Walkout Is Just the Latest Push
In the predawn hours of Wednesday morning, workers at three Amazon warehouses walked off the job. More than 60 employees…
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China’s Gig Workers Are Challenging Their Algorithmic Bosses
“Even minor disruption in the form of these very small-scale collective actions can bring the station-level managers to the bargaining…
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Grocery Apps Hoped to Win Over Amsterdam. Then Things Turned Sour
In May 2021, grocery delivery company Zapp moved into a small garage, squashed between red brick apartment buildings on a…
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DoorDash Joins the Instant Delivery Game—With Employees
DoorDash said Monday it’s doing something different in New York City: It’s hiring about 60 delivery people as employees, rather…
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These Startups Deliver Groceries Fast—Without Gig Workers
The gig economy is one of Silicon Valley’s greatest tricks of the last decade. Armed with a smartphone, a car,…
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Biden Makes a Deal With Uber and Lyft in the Name of Vaccines
Joe Biden has been president for only four months, but he’s already been hailed as the country’s most pro-labor leader…
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