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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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Lambda Legal Lambda Legal is the oldest and largest national legal organization whose mission is to achieve full recognition of the civil rights of lesbians, gay men, bisexuals, transgender people and those with HIV through impact litigation, education and public policy work. Southern Poverty Law Center. Lakota People's Law Project.

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The Global Fund for Women: An Interview with Kavita Ramdas

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Almost nowhere else in the world can you go and find the range of nationalities, ethnicities, race, language and backgrounds that you have here--not to mention the delicious food. I think my comment in The Nation was really more about that. This year, 2008, is the 60th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights.

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