Labor

S.F. judge: Uber, Lyft drivers are ‘employees’ with worker rights, not ‘contractors’

August 11, 2020 By Mark Gruenberg

The big ride-sharing apps Uber and Lyft break California law by misclassifying their drivers as “independent contractors,” not “employees” with worker rights, a judge has decided.

San Francisco Giants and Golden State Warriors give stadium workers the boot

August 10, 2020 By Marc Norton

Curiously, I got canned on the very same day I got my last $600-per-week pandemic unemployment payment. That $600 is bye-bye now, courtesy of the Republicans in the Senate.

‘Out of money tomorrow’—Unemployed workers facing nightmare after $600 expires

August 7, 2020 By Sarah Skidmore Sell And Paul Wiseman

Around the country, across industries and occupations, millions of Americans thrown out of work because of the coronavirus are straining to afford the basics.

Working Families Party members are voting on whether to endorse Biden

August 7, 2020 By PAI

WFP members initially endorsed Elizabeth Warren and then, after she dropped out, Bernie Sanders. Now they are deciding whether Biden measures up to the party's values.

GOP fiddles as jobless cavalcade continues and pandemic rages

August 6, 2020 By Mark Gruenberg

In those seven days ending August 1, another 984,192 people sought state jobless benefits.