Press Clips | June 30, 2022

NJ ‘Temp Worker Bill of Rights’ Would Protect 127,000 Employees

Via: Patch.com

Activists and employees say they’re pushing for a “Temp Workers’ Bill of Rights” in the Garden State.

Press Clips | May 19, 2022

Injury rates surge at Amazon’s New York facilities

Via: City and State New York

Amazon warehouses nationwide saw a spike in injuries in 2021, but the increase is even more stark in New York.(…)

Press Clips | May 15, 2022

‘A magnet for rip-off artists’: Fraud siphoned billions from pandemic unemployment benefits

Via: The Washington Post

Identity theft and other sophisticated criminal schemes contributed to potentially $163 billion in waste, while inflicting harm on unwitting victims.(…)

Press Clips | May 9, 2022

Biden’s Power to Set Contractor Wage Hikes Arises in Texas Court

Via: Bloomberg Law

The Biden administration has the authority to increase wages for federal contractors, which will mean greater income and equality for(…)

Press Clips | April 13, 2022

How Uber and Lyft compromised with labor in Washington state — and kept drivers from becoming employees

Via: Protocol

Here’s the story of how Washington avoided a blowout Proposition 22 fight, and how the gig work companies won contractor(…)

Press Clips | April 1, 2022

Washington State Passed a Contentious New Gig Worker Law

Via: Wired.com

Uber and Lyft have legally cemented the independent contractor status of ride-hail drivers. Now other states are on the horizon.

Press Clips | March 26, 2022

Raising interest rates won’t fix the real reason behind inflation: price-gouging and corporate greed

Via: Business Insider

Last week, the Federal Reserve issued the first of a projected seven interest-rate hikes this year in order to slow the American(…)

Press Clips | February 10, 2022

1 in 4 Temp Workers Reports Wage Theft, New Survey Finds

Via: In These Times

A stunning 24% of workers in the temp industry say they have had their wages stolen from them by their employers,(…)

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