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The Progressive Turn: Politics And Policy In The Movement, Zephyr Teachout, Heather Gautney, Todd Melnick Nov 2020

The Progressive Turn: Politics And Policy In The Movement, Zephyr Teachout, Heather Gautney, Todd Melnick

Posters

Maloney Library lecture series, Behind the Book


On-Demand Drivers And The Right To Collective Bargaining: Why Seattle's Ordinance Does Not Violate Federal Antitrust Laws, Jacob Aleknavicius Sep 2020

On-Demand Drivers And The Right To Collective Bargaining: Why Seattle's Ordinance Does Not Violate Federal Antitrust Laws, Jacob Aleknavicius

Chicago-Kent Law Review

No abstract provided.


Interagency Merger Review In Labor Markets, Hiba Hafiz Sep 2020

Interagency Merger Review In Labor Markets, Hiba Hafiz

Chicago-Kent Law Review

No abstract provided.


Ride-Hailing Drivers As Autonomous Independent Contractors: Let Them Bargain!, Ronald C. Brown Jun 2020

Ride-Hailing Drivers As Autonomous Independent Contractors: Let Them Bargain!, Ronald C. Brown

Washington International Law Journal

“Autonomous” workers include most gig-platform drivers, like those working globally for Uber and Lyft, who are usually classified as independent contractors and are ineligible for labor protections and benefits. The “new economy” and its business model, with its fissurization and increased use of contingent and outsourced workers hired as independent contractors, provide employers flexibility and lower costs by shifting labor costs to the workers. Many of these workers operate more as employees rather than genuine independent contractors or self-employed entrepreneurs, causing lost employee labor benefits and costing the government billions of lost tax dollars. Legal attempts continue to classify these …