Juliet B. Schor – The Conversation

Proposition 22 reverses a 2019 state law. AP Photo/Richard Vogel

November 5, 2020

California voters decide Uber and Lyft drivers are ‘contractors’ as gig workers continue search for a livable wage

The debate over how to classify gig workers pits flexibility against the higher incomes and benefits that come with being classified as an employee.

California’s Proposition 22 would reverse a new law that made Uber and Lyft drivers employees. Frederic J. Brown/AFP via Getty Images

October 29, 2020

Gig worker employment fights like those in California pit flexibility against a livable wage – but ‘platform cooperatives’ could ensure workers get both

Juliet B. Schor, Boston College

Workers say they love the freedom of platforms like Uber and TaskRabbit but find it hard to earn a livable wage. Cooperatives that give worker-owners a voice in how they are run offer a solution.