In the wake of a California ballot proposition passed in November and a rule just released by the Trump administration, it appears that the erosion of labor protections is advancing aggressively.
Gig Workers Are Employees. Start Treating Them That Way.
The Biden administration has an opportunity to restore basic labor protections to the people who deliver our groceries and drive for Uber and Lyft.
By Veena Dubal and Juliet B. Schor
Dr. Dubal is a professor at the University of California Hastings College of the Law. Dr. Schor is a sociology professor at Boston College.
Jan. 18, 2021
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One of the nation’s largest grocery chains, Albertsons, announced this month that it would replace many of its staff delivery drivers with independent contractors working for the delivery service DoorDash. Those contractors will not receive important labor protections that have been provided to the full-time employees they will be replacing.
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The terrible 10 church-state separation lowlights of Donald Trump’s presidency January 11, 2021 11:23 AM CDT By Rob Boston
In this June 1, 2020, photo, President Donald Trump holds a Bible as he visits outside St. John s Church across Lafayette Park from the White House in Washington. Trump began June with his Bible-clutching photo op outside the church after authorities used chemicals and batons to scatter peaceful demonstrators. | Patrick Semansky / AP
Prodded by Christian nationalist groups, President Donald Trump spent four years eroding the separation of church and state. With Trump leaving office this month, Americans United for Separation of Church and State (AU) provides a look back at 10 especially egregious Trump assaults on religious freedom and
The Boston mayor has many outstanding qualities, and may be the perfect candidate to transform the moribund Trump Labor Department into one that once again protects American workers.