Each nonprofit organization and "movement" leader will receive $675,000 over three years as a part of the Shifting Power, Advancing Justice focus area.
Steph Solis/masslive.com (TNS) Massachusetts is the latest battleground for the question dividing large app-based companies and some of their drivers: Are those drivers employees, who are entitled to health care, unemployment insurance and other benefits, or contractors?
Labor leaders, racial justice advocates and a handful of drivers who rallied outside of the State House Tuesday morning argue the drivers should be seen as employees with benefits and all.
“We will be seen. Our voices will be heard, and we are here to take on the gig economy and fight for our workers,” said Noemi Mimi Ramos, executive director of New England United 4 Justice. The organization represents roughly 5,000 Black and Brown residents in Boston, including independent contractors.