Reporter’s Notebook: No Trickle-Down in This Economy
…last November — a ballot initiative backed by more than $200 million from Uber, Lyft, DoorDash, and Instacart that repealed the state law classifying most gig workers as employees —…
…last November — a ballot initiative backed by more than $200 million from Uber, Lyft, DoorDash, and Instacart that repealed the state law classifying most gig workers as employees —…
…the big non-profit networks that act like for-profits. Medicaid and uninsured patients, including immigrants, are mostly served by safety net institutions. Yet, the lion’s share of Medicaid and Indigenous Care…
…leave the facility, they will still have a community that will have their backs.” Last summer’s BLM protests have embolden many hard-pressed BAmazon workers to press the historic fight for…
…your back right now. COVID-19 is pushing working mothers out of the workplace four times faster than men. If this trend continues, women’s projected income loss is estimated at $64.5…
…hard-earned retirements. Learning from the two unfair bailouts of the housing/financial crises over the past 20 years, we don’t want to see a repeat of Wall Street getting bailed out…
…Sanitation workers and other city employees, he added, couldn’t work at home. Trying to address the city’s budgetary issues “on the backs of labor,” he said in a statement, “is…
…include the protection and enhancements of pensions and health benefits and federal, state, or municipal policies or budgets that will impact retirees including cuts to the social safety net. …
New York, NY – Hundreds of essential McDonald’s workers went on strike in 20 cities across the county this week, shutting down at least six outlets in an ongoing fight…
…immigrants and workers are somehow a drain on the social safety net. “They actually contribute more than they take. For example, according to a recent Fiscal Policy Institute report, they…
…spokesperson for Protect App-Based Drivers and Services, a coalition backing the initiative that is funded by Uber, Lyft, and DoorDash and endorsed by various law-enforcement and business organizations, several NAACP…