Daily Archives: June 11, 2021

2021-06-11: News Headlines

Marie Kelly (2021-06-11). On the picket line. workers.org Gig workers are essential workers As pandemic business closures escalated in 2019-2020, many immigrant workers who lost jobs at hotels and construction sites turned to the gig economy for work with Lyft, Uber, DoorDash, GrubHub and Instacart. Labelled as independent contractors by the companies, these workers have few labor protections. . . . |