Tag: Uber

Erin O’Toole’s Plan For Gig Workers Was ‘Carbon Copied’ From Uber’s Corporate Lobbyists

Published September 1, 2021 Analysis

Gig workers warn the Conservative leader’s plan would erode employment standards and create a permanent underclass of precarious workers

Uber is Lobbying Canadian Provinces to Rewrite Labour Laws and Create a New ‘Underclass of Workers’

Published March 16, 2021 Analysis

American labour leaders warn Uber is using the same anti-worker strategy in Canada as they recently used in California

Business Lobby Assisting Uber Appeal To Force Workers To File Complaints In Amsterdam, Critics Say

Published November 2, 2019

If Uber wins the court case, critics say, it could set a dangerous precedent

Toronto’s Uber Drivers Are Unionizing And Threatening to Disrupt the Low-Wage ‘Gig Economy’

Published June 28, 2019 Analysis

Uber classifies drivers as independent contractors but UFCW says the drivers are employees deserving of basic rights

Here are 3 big ways the 21st century economy is failing Canadian workers

Published May 1, 2017

Canadian workers are producing more than ever, but what they're getting in return is declining job quality with lower-wages and insecure contract work.

Conservative finance critic: maybe millennials need pensions that work like Uber?

Published June 20, 2016

"I'll tell you one thing I do know about millennials..."

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