Reports are piling up that the Harris campaign is wooing corporate leaders by promising to take a more lenient approach than the current administration.

For years, the force of antitrust laws has been used to deny independent contractors their labor rights. Thanks to a Boston appeals court’s ruling, that could all change.

No, the gig economy isn’t taking over. Yes, employers use it to evade, illegally, their responsibilities for employees. Enter David Weil.

Workers won an important decision in a California court, but with companies like Uber and Lyft vowing to fight it, the war over Prop 22 and copycat legislation has only just begun.

Lyft and Uber’s autonomous vehicle hype has far outstripped progress. Let’s put our hopes, and our money, elsewhere.

From open office plans to gig work cons and fast-food franchises, the question of who’s actually in charge has been intentionally obscured.

The labor carve-out that allowed a California grocery giant to replace employees with contractors might be coming to a state near you.

The gig company, like many of its peers, has seen business skyrocket during the pandemic—while exploiting workers and even failing to turn a profit.

The star New York Times reporter has shown an extraordinary ability to do a dirty job with a clean conscience.

In California, gig economy giants won the ability to make their own laws. Money will do that for you.

The ride-share firms push regressive labor and transportation policies—and they’re stocked with Obama alumni. Would Biden welcome or blacklist them?

Some of us drivers have a group chat, and most of the guys are in exactly the same situation—they can’t work.

Susan Fowler’s memoir is a remarkable record of personal struggle—but shows the problem with trusting the system.

Low pay, soaring rents, and cities littered with e-scooters. Welcome to the future.

AB 5, a bill that would require companies like Uber and Lyft to classify drivers as employees, could provide meaningful labor protections.

For years, Cindy McCain warned of dangerous men coming to enslave American women and girls. Now Trump is running with it.

"Gig" workers, who often earn less than minimum wage, are outraged by an IPO that could net shareholders billions.

The company's business model was unsustainable, but that's not why it's struggling. Just ask Uber, Amazon, or Netflix.

How one seemingly benign concept has been used as cover for all kinds of self-serving proposals.