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Terri Gerstein
@terrigerstein.bsky.social
Director, NYU Wagner Labor Initiative at NYU's Robert F. Wagner Graduate School of Public Service. Workers rights lawyer. Sometimes writer. Mom of two people taller than me. Brooklynite.
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How absurd has the ā€œgigā€ economy become? Denverā€™s labor agency cited 2 companies for treating restaurant *dishwashers* & others as independent contractors rather than employees w/ rights. We need more govā€™t action to fight this. My latest in NY Times. www.nytimes.com/2024/01/28/o...

Opinion | More People Are Being Classified as Gig Workers. Thatā€™s Bad for Everyone.
Opinion | More People Are Being Classified as Gig Workers. Thatā€™s Bad for Everyone.

The gig economy is expanding and exploiting more workers.

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ā€œthe "administrative state" -- the power of federal agencies like OSHA, MSHA, EPA & many otherā€¦agencies to issue regulations protecting workers, consumers & the environment -- is often the only thing that prevents total corporate dominance over Americans' lives.ā€ jordanbarab.com/confinedspac...

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Ugh I just ran into a horrendously anti-Semitic poster on here. Reported him but it was so nice to not be on Twitter and be free of Jew haters for a while.

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BuT EveRYone DeSeRves a LaWYer! šŸ¤”

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Weighing in as a lawyer: here sheā€™s just summarizing what the law says. I couldnā€™t think of innovative ways to describe the National Labor Relations Act, for ex, if I were writing about it and Iā€™m sure my summary of the lawā€™s provisions would be very similar to those written countless times before.

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Wow what a wild piece. So these prestigious, powerful lifetime positions of public service should be influenced by what lawyers make in private sector law firms?? Itā€™s bananas.

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Brilliant.

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Uber, DoorDash and Grubhub will have to pay their New York delivery workers $18/hour after losing a court appeal to block a minimum wage rule fortune.com/2023/12/01/u...

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ā€œRideshare drivers say alternate companies could step in if Uber, Lyft leave due to proposed Minneapolis ordinancesā€ sahanjournal.com/business-wor...

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Terri Gerstein
@terrigerstein.bsky.social
Director, NYU Wagner Labor Initiative at NYU's Robert F. Wagner Graduate School of Public Service. Workers rights lawyer. Sometimes writer. Mom of two people taller than me. Brooklynite.
250 followers118 following31 posts