California Is Suing Uber and Lyft for Misclassifying Workers
Mario Tama/Getty For indispensable reporting on the coronavirus crisis and more, subscribe to Mother Jones’ newsletters.California Attorney General Xavier Becerra announced on Tuesday that the state is suing Uber and Lyft for misclassifying drivers as independent contractors instead of employees. “We intend to make sure that Uber or Lyft play by the rules,” Becerra said.…
“Designed to Create a Climate of Fear”: Amazon VP Quits After Company Fires Activists
Smith Collection/Gado/Getty For indispensable reporting on the coronavirus crisis and more, subscribe to Mother Jones’ newsletters.Tim Bray, a vice president at Amazon, announced he’s leaving the company because of the “chickenshit” firing of activists who spoke about conditions at the company’s massive warehouses. Friday was my last day at Amazon: https://t.co/kXYDPdNbs7[Server’s running a little hot but give…
An Uprising Is Still Possible, Even if We Can’t Meet in the Streets
Jeff Roberson/AP For indispensable reporting on the coronavirus crisis and more, subscribe to Mother Jones’ newsletters.How do you have a mass revolt without a mob? Prof. Frances Fox Piven is the 87-year-old “intellectual guru of activist progressives”—so sayeth the New York Times. Her work, she explained to me, is about “uprisings that sometimes occur when there’s…
“The Workers Are Being Sacrificed”: As Cases Mounted, Meatpacker JBS Kept People on Crowded Factory Floors
For indispensable reporting on the coronavirus crisis and more, subscribe to Mother Jones’ newsletters.On her phone, Crystal Rodriguez keeps a photo of her father hooked up to a ventilator. Nurses at the hospital sent her the image after he’d spent close to a month in the intensive care unit at UCHealth Medical Center of the…
How Is Your State Protecting Grocery Workers?
Employees wear masks and gloves while checking out food items behind a partition at a Trader Joe’s grocery store in Orlando, Florida.Phelan M. Ebenhack/AP For indispensable reporting on the coronavirus crisis and more, subscribe to Mother Jones’ newsletters.Last month, after the coronavirus began to transform the way Americans live and shop, Minnesota and Vermont classified…
The Government Will Spend $3 Billion to Direct Fresh Produce and Dairy to Food Banks
Ricky Jones, operations manager at Magic Valley Quality Milk Transport, walks out the door as 4,100 gallons of milk pour down the drain Wednesday, April 8, 2020, at the Azevedo Family Dairy in Buhl. With restaurants across the country closed, milk processors have lost a significant chunk of their market, leaving dairy farmers with no…