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

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Though some jurisdictions like California have recently proposed to classify drivers and delivery persons as company employees with worker benefits, platform companies have worked hard to overturn these efforts. For now, a large part of their efforts is in the political arena: In 2020, labor spent $5.28 billion on the presidential election.

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The Global Fund for Women: An Interview with Kavita Ramdas

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Each year we receive over 3,500 proposals from women's organizations all around the world. 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.

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