Latest articles Friday March 5, 2021

1. Featured Story: Amazon’s union campaign is succeeding where other unions failed

   Amazon warehouse workers in Bessemer, Alabama, are currently voting by mail on whether or not to form a union. Their campaign against one of the world's most powerful -- and most anti-union -- corporations has captured public imagination, and inspired young activists, in a way that hasn't happened in almost a century.

   By John Logan

1. It's the beginning of the end of the 'Uberisation' of work

   Founded as an upmarket limousine service in California just over a decade ago, Uber today provides cheap taxi rides in thousands of cities across the world. The company has consistently maintained that it is merely a ridesharing platform – which, crucially, means that it does not employ its drivers.

   By Jeremias Adams-Prassl & Abi Adams-Prassl

   From the Gig Economy desk