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VICE
Instacart’s Gig Workers Are Planning a Massive, Nationwide Strike
VICE
3 min read · 110 saves · 2020-03-27 · Amid the coronavirus pandemic, the grocery delivery company has refused to offer its 120,000 gig workers basic protections like hazard pay, hand sanitizer, and paid leave for those with pre-existing…
Fast Company
These are the skills you need to be successful in a hybrid environment
Fast Company
3 min read · 106 saves · Feb 12th · Stephanie Vozza · Working for a company where some employees are remote and others are in the office requires new habits and systems.
The New York Times
California Passes Landmark Bill to Remake Gig Economy
The New York Times
6 min read · 89 saves · 2019-09-11 · With the bill’s passage, California’s ride-hailing drivers, food-delivery couriers, janitors and others are set to be reclassified as employees and not contractors.
The New York Times
The Pop-Up Employer: Build a Team, Do the Job, Say Goodbye
The New York Times
8 min read · 79 saves · From 2017 · “Flash organizations,” modeled on filmmaking, find their way into fields like software and pharmaceuticals, assembling freelancers and then disbanding.
medium.com
Machine Money and People Money — What’s The Future of Work? — Medium
medium.com
~17 min read · 77 saves · From 2016 · A Conversation about Universal Basic Income with John Maynard Keynes and Paul Buchheit
Fast Company
The last recession gave us the gig economy. COVID-19 could help reimagine it
Fast Company
4 min read · 70 saves · 2020-05-06 · Leah Solivan · TaskRabbit founder Leah Solivan argues that we need to rethink the freelance economy moving forward by focusing on what independent workers need.
The New York Times
The Gig Economy’s False Promise
The New York Times
~13 min read · 67 saves · From 2017 · Instead of freedom, workers at companies like Uber have encountered low wages and coercion.
The New York Times
I Am the C.E.O. of Uber. Gig Workers Deserve Better.
The New York Times
6 min read · 66 saves · 2020-08-10 · Dara Khosrowshahi · Gig workers want both flexibility and benefits — we support laws that could make that possible.
The Atlantic
The Online Gig Economy’s ‘Race to the Bottom’
The Atlantic
~12 min read · 66 saves · From 2018 · How digital platforms are increasing competition for lots of different types of work
Logic
A Brief History of the Gig
Logic
~18 min read · 63 saves · 2020-04-27 · The gig economy wasn’t built in a day.
Harvard Business Review
Rethinking the On-Demand Workforce
Harvard Business Review
~13 min read · 56 saves · 2020-11-01 · Digital talent platforms have matured, and many companies are using them to hire skilled gig workers. Now they need to get strategic about it.
medium.com
The Gig Economy Is White People Discovering Servants
medium.com
5 min read · 54 saves · 2020-11-26 · Indi Samarajiva · The Uber of X already exists. It’s called servants
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