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Old Wine in New Bottles: Gender and the Gig Economy
Ruth Milkman has published “Old wine in new bottles: gender and the gig economy” about her study (along with Luke Elliott-Negri, Kathleen Griesbach, and Adam Reich) of the platform-based food economy, which had an explosion in demand when COVID-19 hit. She found that the majority of the workers were white women, and describes the “class-gender…
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New Labor Forum Highlights: Jan 22nd, 2018
The New Labor Forum has a bi-weekly newsletter on current topics in labor, curated by the some of the most insightful scholars and activists in the labor world today. Check out some highlights from the latest edition below. The January 2018 issue of New Labor Forum, off press this week, grapples with perhaps the most perplexing of the 2016 election…
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New Labor Forum Highlights: Nov. 13th, 2017
The New Labor Forum has a bi-weekly newsletter on current topics in labor, curated by the some of the most insightful scholars and activists in the labor world today. Check out some highlights from the latest edition below. While important revelations of workplace sexual harassment committed by men in the entertainment industry continue to come to light, we take…
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New Labor Forum Highlights: Oct. 31st, 2016
The New Labor Forum has launched a bi-weekly newsletter on current topics in labor, curated by the some of the most insightful scholars and activists in the labor world today. Check out some highlights from the latest edition below. In this week’s newsletter, we look policy issues — work and family — that normally fail to receive the political…
