February 16, 2021 - Smlr_net

16 Feb 2021


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*FEBRUARY 16, 2021*
*Title:*                    Uber Lobbies for ‘Prop 22’-style Gig Work
Standards in the EU
*Source:*               TechCrunch
*Author:*               Natasha Lomas
*Date:*                   February 15, 2021
*Summary:*          Uber is shooting its shot at EU lawmakers as they dial
up scrutiny of working conditions on gig platforms to decide whether new
rules are needed to improve the lot of gig workers.
*Link:*                    http://tcrn.ch/3apilSK
*Title:*                    “We Can Bring Down the Regime”: Myanmar’s
Protesting Workers Are Unbowed
*Source:*               The New York Times
*Author:*               Richard C. Paddock
*Date:*                   February 15, 2021
*Summary:*          Two weeks after the military took power in a coup,
growing work stoppages are undermining the ruling generals’ attempt to
assert authority over an angry population.
*Link:*                    http://nyti.ms/2Ow2V6r
*Title:*                   Labor at the Legislature
*Source:*               Montana Free Press
*Author:*               Alex Sakariassen
*Date:*                   February 15, 2021
*Summary:*          The ‘right to work’ movement has resurfaced in Montana
with a raft of bills in the 67th session. Proponents say the measures are
ripe to spur economic growth in the wake of COVID-19, but a new study says
right-to-work states lag in wage growth and worker protections.
*Link:*                    http://bit.ly/3u2p5O0
*Title:*                    What McDonalds’s Shows About the Minimum Wage
*Source:*               NPR
*Author:*               Greg Rosalsky
*Date:*                   February 16, 2021
*Summary:*          On November 29, 2012, dozens of fast-food workers
assembled at a McDonald's in midtown Manhattan to demand better pay. Their
demonstration kicked off a massive wave of protests for a $15 minimum wage.
Since then, cities and states around the nation have taken action. And now,
the federal government, led by President Biden and a Democratic-controlled
Congress, has begun to consider making the $15 minimum wage national.
*Link:*                    http://n.pr/2N3z9G4
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