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Raising the Floor of the Platform Economy: Co-ops, Unions, and the Struggle to Transform Technology

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In 2020, multiple platform companies, including Uber, Lyft, Instacart, and Postmates, spent over $205 million to pass Proposition 22 in California , a law that classifies platform workers as independent contractors, not employees. For now, a large part of their efforts is in the political arena: In 2020, labor spent $5.28

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Leading the Resistance: 28 Organizations You Can (and Should) Support Today

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Southern Poverty Law Center. The Southern Poverty Law Center is dedicated to fighting hate and bigotry and to seeking justice for the most vulnerable members of our society. Lakota People's Law Project. National Immigration Law Center. Donate | Advocate | Twitter | Facebook. Donate | Stay Informed | Twitter | Facebook.

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The Global Fund for Women: An Interview with Kavita Ramdas

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This year, 2008, is the 60th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. The year before that, women in Morocco won an amazing change in the law. Until then, women had been considered minors under the law. How do you know that you are making a difference or an impact; how do you measure that?

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