Big Tech Big ConsequencesMassive, Impersonal Tech Layoffs Show How “Good Jobs” Need Unions Too The scale and manner of layoffs across big tech break the myth of the "good job" -- and shows the precarity of tech workers in a recession. By Akankshya Bahinipaty
Delivering DeathSwiggy Delivery Worker’s Death Prompts Action Against Pet Owners – But Lack of Labor Protections Remains Unaddressed Gig workers aren't classified as employees -- and remain in limbo when it comes to labor protections. Platform apps thus remain unaccountable. By Akankshya Bahinipaty
On the Edge of CollapseStriking Academics, Journalists, Show How Knowledge Work Is Increasingly Precarious New York Times staffers, academics at the Universities of California, and publishers at Harper Collins all have a common message: building public discourse is valuable labor. By Rohitha Naraharisetty
Guaranteed Non-Payment500 Workers Gather in Delhi to Protest Non‑payment of Wages Over 500 workers are sitting in a three-day protest in Delhi to demand pending payments worth Rs 21850 crore. By Amlan Sarkar
Weekends When Work EndsWhy Do We Have Weekends? It has to do with the stars, planets, and some working class struggle against clockwork drudgery. By Rohitha Naraharisetty
Gigging To SurviveGig and Delivery Workers Approach Supreme Court Seeking Social Security "This is the first time we are all coming together collectively as gig workers from all the different platforms to ask for our rights." By Rohitha Naraharisetty
Customer Is Not Always RightIn the Gig Economy, Customers are Complicit in Labor Exploitation “My life depends on ratings and they’ve understood that." By Rohitha Naraharisetty