Uber drivers to strike Wednesday
Uber drivers plan to hold a strike on Wednesday, which shows that even the gig economy is vulnerable to old-school labour tactics.
Uber drivers plan to hold a strike on Wednesday, which shows that even the gig economy is vulnerable to old-school labour tactics.
Mark Côté 15:30 on 2019-05-08 Permalink
There was a really good CBC Ideas episode a little while ago, about the future of work. One suggestion in there is that the old way of organization unions around industries doesn’t work in the gig economy, where people might have two or three unrelated jobs. The challenge is to figure out how to mobilize people who work part-time across multiple industries.