Debate about the regulation of “digital labor platforms” abounds globally among scholars, legislators, and other analysts concerned about the future of work(ers). In 2024, the European Parliament passed a first-of-its …
Veena Dubal
Digital Labor Platforms as Machines of Production
“Debate about the regulation of “digital labor platforms” abounds globally among scholars, legislators, and other analysts concerned about the future of work(ers). In 2024, the European Parliament passed a first-of-its …
Chipping Away at the Right to Strike
On June 1, the Supreme Court issued a significant decision against the labor movement in Glacier Northwest v. Teamsters Local Union No. 174. In an 8–1 split, the Court found that …
On Algorithmic Wage Discrimination
Recent technological developments related to the extraction and processing of data have given rise to widespread concerns about a reduction of privacy in the workplace. For a growing number of …
THE HOUSE ALWAYS WINS: THE ALGORITHMIC GAMBLIFICATION OF WORK
In a new article, I draw on a multi-year, first-of-its-kind ethnographic study of organizing on-demand workers to examine these dramatic changes in wage calculation, coordination, and distribution: the use of …
The False Promise of “Third-Category” Worker Laws
Over a century ago, in Lochner v. New York, the U.S. Supreme Court infamously struck down a workplace maximum hours law, suggesting that it was “an unreasonable, unnecessary and arbitrary interference” …
Economic Security & the Regulation of Gig Work in California: From AB5 to Proposition 22
“Employment is the primary legal and political means to address economic inequality in the United States. With the evisceration of the welfare state, employment is also key to democratic outcomes. …
Sectoral Bargaining Reforms: Proceed with Caution
“After decades of decline, strike activity grew dramatically in 2018 and 2019.1 Data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics showed that these two years marked a thirty-five-year high for the number …
The New Racial Wage Code
“The legal identity of on-demand platform workers has become a central site of conflict between labor and industry. Amidst growing economic inequality, labor representatives and workers have demanded that platform …
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THE LATEST US EXPORT TO BRAZIL? LEGALIZED LABOR EXPLOITATION
“On September 14, 2023, a Brazilian labor judge found that Uber drivers in Brazil are employees and ordered the company to pay two hundred million dollars in punitive damages for their long-term …