BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 METHOD:PUBLISH PRODID:-//Telerik Inc.//Sitefinity CMS 14.4//EN BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:Eastern Standard Time BEGIN:STANDARD DTSTART:20231102T020000 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYDAY=1SU;BYHOUR=2;BYMINUTE=0;BYMONTH=11 TZNAME:Eastern Standard Time TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT DTSTART:20230301T020000 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYDAY=2SU;BYHOUR=2;BYMINUTE=0;BYMONTH=3 TZNAME:Eastern Daylight Time TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 END:DAYLIGHT END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT DESCRIPTION:Presented by the Labor Studies Working Group.The app-based “gig economy” has emerged as a hot topic not only in the current US presidenti al election\, but across the globe. Companies like Uber\, Lyft\, and Mecha nical Turk are rewriting the rules of the labor market and reconstituting the nature of the employment relationship\, raising the question: Who is a n employee? Proponents of the “sharing” economy argue that it empowers the ordinary citizen\, institutionalizes a new model of asset-sharing\, and c reates much-needed jobs. Critics argue that little in the “sharing economy ” is being “shared” and that these companies are circumventing minimal lab or standards. This event will explore the implications of the "gig" or “sh aring” economy for economic citizenship.  \;FEATURED SPEAKERS: Lawrenc e Mishel\, President of the Economic Policy InstituteDoug Henwood\, Host o f Behind the News and Contributing Editor of The NationDawn Gearhart\, Org anizer with Teamsters Local\nUnion No 117 and App-Based Drivers' Associati on DTEND:20160415T200000Z DTSTAMP:20240328T150334Z DTSTART:20160415T180000Z LOCATION: SEQUENCE:0 SUMMARY:Is Uber the Future of Work? The Gig Economy and the Remaking of Eco nomic Citizenship UID:RFCALITEM638472206146635573 X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:
Presented by the Labor Studie s Working Group.
The app-based “gig economy” has emerged as a ho t topic not only in the current US presidential election\, but across the globe. Companies like Uber\, Lyft\, and Mechanical Turk are rewriting the rules of the labor market and reconstituting the nature of the employment relationship\, raising the question: Who is an employee? Proponents of the “sharing” economy argue that it empowers the ordinary citizen\, instituti onalizes a new model of asset-sharing\, and creates much-needed jobs. Crit ics argue that little in the “sharing economy” is being “shared” and that these companies are circumventing minimal labor standards. This event will explore the implications of the "gig" or “sharing” economy for economic c itizenship.  \;
FEATURED SPEAKERS:
Lawrence Mishel\,
President of the Economic Policy Institute
Doug Henwood\, Hos t of Behind the News and Contributing Editor of The Nation
Dawn G earhart\, Organizer with Teamsters Local\nUnion No 117 and App-Based D rivers' Association
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