After the Delta variant disrupted plans to reopen after Labor Day, many businesses pushed their targets further out or left them open-ended.
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Companies Stay Quiet on Texas’ New Abortion Law
Businesses that expressed opposition to restrictive voting laws are declining to take a similar stand on the abortion measure.
A Judge Declared California’s Gig Worker Law Unconstitutional. Now What?
The law, the result of a $200 million proposition fight last year, ensures that workers like Uber and Lyft drivers are considered independent contractors.
California’s Gig Worker Law Is Unconstitutional, Judge Rules
Last year, more than $200 million was spent on campaigning for a state proposition that ensured workers like Uber and Lyft drivers were considered independent contractors.
Yellow Cabs and Subways: Everything Old Is New Again
Fewer taxis are on the streets, but for many New Yorkers, cabs and subways are inspiring a nostalgic (and budget-conscious) fervor.
Uber and Lyft Ramp Up Efforts to Shield Business Model
Gig economy companies are backing state laws in New York and elsewhere that would cement drivers’ status as contractors in exchange for a union.
Uber and Lyft Surges: What to Know
The companies say they are charging extra because they don’t have enough drivers to match rebounding customer demand.
How ‘The Drivers Cooperative’ Is Trying to Compete With Uber and Lyft in N.Y.
About 2,500 drivers in New York are organizing to create what they say is a better deal for drivers than what the ride-hailing giants offer.
Why Do British Uber Drivers Deserve Better Benefits?
Gig work doesn’t have to be a race to the bottom.
Biden Should Help Protect Uber and Lyft Drivers
The Biden administration has an opportunity to restore basic labor protections to the people who deliver our groceries and drive for Uber and Lyft.
Prop 22 in California Is a Bad D
A voter-approved measure strips them of basic protections enjoyed by employees in other businesses.
Pandemic Pushes N.Y.C. Cabbies to the Brink: ‘I Can’t Hold On’
While some businesses have adapted to virus restrictions, the yellow cab industry is especially suffering.
Fight Over Gig Workers Persists Despite Win for Uber and Lyft
A successful ballot measure in California makes drivers and other workers contractors, but the companies face continued pushback.
Why California’s Prop 22 Puts Our Labor Laws in Danger
The gig companies wrote new labor laws that are almost impossible to change.
Uber and Lyft Drivers in California Will Remain Independent
The victory of Proposition 22, the most expensive initiative in the state’s history, could help gig companies remake labor laws throughout the country.
It’s a Ballot Fight for Survival for Gig Companies Like Uber
A group that also includes Lyft and DoorDash has spent nearly $200 million to support a California proposition that could save them from a new labor law.
Appeals Court Says Uber and Lyft Must Treat California Drivers as Employees
The ruling adds new urgency to a ballot measure in the state that would exempt the companies from a new labor law intended to give gig workers more employment rights.
California, Reject Prop 22
Gig workers deserve the dignity of fair compensation.
Seattle Passes Minimum Pay Rate for Uber and Lyft Drivers
The city became the second in the nation to create a compensation standard for ride-hailing drivers, after New York.
Uber and Lyft Could Gain From U.S. Rule Defining Employment
The Labor Department proposal would most likely treat drivers and other gig workers as contractors, not employees.
Uber and Lyft Threaten to Shut Down in California
The companies, under legal pressure to reclassify their drivers as employees, said they would halt rides unless an appeals court gives them permission to continue.
Uber and Lyft Are Toying With Drivers’ Livelihoods
Both are threatening to pull out of California this week over a law requiring them to treat their workers as full-fledged employees.
Uber and Lyft Consider Franchise-Like Model in California
Under pressure to classify their freelance drivers as full-time employees, the ride-hailing companies are discussing another option.
Uber and Lyft Drivers Win Ruling on Unemployment Benefits
A federal judge’s decision in New York is a key victory in efforts to secure the protections extended to other workers.
Massachusetts Sues Uber and Lyft Over the Status of Drivers
A lawsuit by the state’s attorney general adds to pressure on the companies to consider their drivers full-time employees.
Are Uber and Lyft Drivers Well Paid? It Depends on the Study
Uber and Lyft hailed a Cornell paper’s conclusion that their drivers make solid wages. But others have questioned the researchers’ approach.
Uber Rides Cost More? OK
Many gig-based business models help customers take advantage of workers. Let’s stop giving tech companies a free ride.
The Results Are In for the Sharing Economy. They Are Ugly.
Lyft, Uber and Airbnb depend on travel, vacations and gatherings. That’s a problem when much of the world is staying home.
California Sues Uber and Lyft, Claiming Workers Are Misclassified
The ride-hailing companies are accused of defying a new state law that says gig workers should be treated as employees.
I’m Grateful for Bad Virtual Life
Thank goodness for crummy video conferencing.
Jobless Claims by Uber and Lyft Drivers Revive Fight Over Labor Status
California’s move to aid gig workers may break federal rules. But the state said it had few options after the ride-hailing companies resisted other benefits.
Uber and Lyft Are Searching for Lifelines
The ride-hailing competitors started the year with optimism. Now, like most other companies, they’re trying to survive the cratering economy.
Pandemic Erodes Gig Economy Work
Gig companies promoted their flexible hours as an economic lifeline for workers. In the coronavirus outbreak, it has been anything but.