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The New York Times: Arrest of Union Leader Highlights Link Between Workers’ and Immigrants’ Rights
Professor Veena Dubal: “There’s been a real reckoning over the past 25 years with the history of xenophobia in California labor unions.”
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The Washington Post: How a Georgetown scholar went from ‘quiet’ researcher to detainee
Professor Veena Dubal called the government’s focus on Suri “an extraordinary act” that signals authoritarianism.
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The Hechinger Report: In Some States, Colleges Face a Double Dose of DOGE
Professor Veena Dubal stated higher education institutions are operating “under the threat of extinction” in response to unprecedented political and financial pressure.
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The Washington Post: Some foreign students fear speaking out as visa cancellations rise
Professor Veena Dubal was quoted in The Washington Post discussing the chilling effect of rising visa cancellations on foreign students.
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Law and Political Economy: Eight Legal Experts on Trump’s Assault on Higher Education
Professors Sameer Ashar and Veena Dubal contributed to a piece in Law and Political Economy (LPE) Project, analyzing the Trump administration’s executive actions against higher education.
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LAist: Uber, CA settlement
Professor Veena Dubal was quoted in LAist, noting that drivers earn less post-Proposition 22 and have lost key worker protections.
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The Associated Press: After Columbia arrests, international college students fall silent
Professor Veena Dubal told the Associated Press that faculty members with green cards who engage in advocacy that could be perceived as unwelcome by the Trump administration are deeply fearful about how it might impact their immigration status.
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The Washington Post: States eye bans on ‘surveillance pricing’ that exploits personal data
Professor Veena Dubal was quoted in The Washington Post: “Both surveillance pricing and surveillance wages really disrupt fundamental ideals of fairness”
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Law.com: Professors Association Appoints New GC at Fractious Time
Professor Veena Dubal has been appointed as general counsel for The American Association of University Professors — which advocates for academic freedom, shared governance and higher education rights.
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Professor Veena Dubal Appointed as General Counsel for the American Association of University Professors
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LAist: Your Amazon delivery driver doesn’t actually work for Amazon. A union drive in Southern California is challenging that
Professor Veena Dubal was quoted in LAist, offering insights into the Teamsters’ long-term organizing strategy amid their legal dispute with Amazon.
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The New York Times: Ride-Hailing Drivers in Massachusetts Win Right to Unionize
Professor Veena Dubal commented in the New York Times on the new law in Massachusetts giving ride-hailing drivers the right to unionize.
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Consumer Financial Protection Circular: Prof. Veena Dubal’s Work on Algorithmic Wage Discrimination Cited
Professor Veena Dubal’s work on algorithmic wage discrimination is relied upon and cited in a new Consumer Financial Protection Circular.
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More Perfect Union: Prof. Veena Dubal’s Research on Algorithmic Wage Discrimination Featured in Video
From the video: “In 2023, a law professor published a paper of shocking implications. Her research found that tech firms, like Uber and Lyft, were using secret algorithms to dictate what drivers earned based on factors we can’t even see. She called it algorithmic wage discrimination.”
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CalMatters: What California lawmakers did to regulate artificial intelligence
Professor Veena Dubal is quoted: “It really feels like our legislature has been captured by tech companies who by their very structure don’t have the interest of the public at the forefront of their own advocacy or decision making, because they’re profit making machines.”
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Common Dreams: Don’t Take Rideshare Companies at Their Word When It Comes to Worker Pay (Opinion)
Professor Veena Dubal is cited on “algorithmic discrimination” practices in the rideshare industry.
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Bloomberg Law: California Gig Workers to Remain Contractors, Prop 22 Upheld
Prof. Veena Dubal says: “The only way for workers really to have power to rebuild labor rights is to organize. It’s going to be a long fight.”
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CalMatters: Uber, Lyft, DoorDash workers remain contractors due to California Supreme Court ruling
Prof. Veena Dubal says: “This is a really tragic outcome. But it’s not the end of the road.”
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The New York Times: In Win for Uber and Lyft, California Court Upholds Gig-Worker Proposition
Prof. Veena Dubal says that while the ruling was an expected defeat for labor activists, the judges left open potential challenges to Proposition 22.
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Orange County Register: California gig worker law AB 5 withstands challenge from Uber
Prof. Veena Dubal was quoted on the ruling saying that it means “the Legislature can continue to make laws that impact companies differently if the decision to do so is rational, without being concerned that such laws would violate the constitutional rights of the corporation.”
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The Guardian: Uber and Lyft made a deal to raise drivers’ wages. It was another victory for big tech
Prof. Veena Dubal explains a wage floor will not stop “algorithmic wage discrimination,” where companies like Uber and Lyft calculate minimum pay rates, leading to unpredictable, opaque, and unfair compensation systems for drivers, resulting in longer hours and poorer conditions.
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Los Angeles Times: In final round of gig drivers’ fight over Prop. 22, California Supreme Court to decide if it stays
Prof. Veena Dubal said that if Proposition 22 is allowed to stand, companies would double down on efforts to legalize the business model “all over the world, not just in other states.”
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NPR: Seattle City Council takes up changes to new minimum wage law
Prof. Veena Dubal said any city or state government that has tried to regulate these gig companies, has faced similar resistance.
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The New York Times: A Look at Washington State’s ‘Strippers’ Bill of Rights’*
Prof. Veena Dubal said the new law was “the result of the hard work of organizing done by these workers in a very, very dangerous industry.”
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NPR: Uber and Lyft threaten to halt operations in Minneapolis over minimum wage law
Professor Veena Dubal says: “The city council has done exactly what government should do for both fair labor and fair competition: ensure that workers are getting paid in ways that sustain their livelihoods.”
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Marketplace: Labor Department wants to get more gig workers on company payrolls
Prof. Veena Dubal says ride-hailing and delivery apps have changed the conversation around who counts as an independent contractor and whether companies are exploiting that distinction.
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Fast Company: Is Biden doing enough to protect workers from AI?
Prof. Veena Dubal comments on the AI executive order.
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The Washington Post: Labor wins bolster Biden’s strategy (Op-ed)
Prof. Veena Dubal was quoted in an op-ed on the United Auto Worker’s strike.
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The New York Times: California’s New Senator Was a Labor Leader. Why Are Unions Upset With Her?
Prof. Veena Dubal was quoted in the New York Times on California’s new senator and her history as a labor leader.
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PBS: 3 experts on the UAW strike and why we’re seeing an American labor ‘upsurge’
Prof. Veena Dubal weighs in on the United Auto Workers’ historic strike against Detroit’s Big Three auto companies.
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Slate: The Devilish Change Uber and Lyft Made to Surge Pricing
Prof. Veena Dubal’s paper on algorithmic wage discrimination was cited in Slate.
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Fast Company: How Uber and Lyft quietly fund worker groups to pump the brakes on drivers organizing
Prof. Veena Dubal was quoted in Fast Company on Uber and Lyft gig workers’ rights.
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Market Watch: As Uber drivers complain of deactivations and ‘policies that keep us in poverty,’ company issues its own civil-rights audit
Prof. Veena Dubal was quoted in MarketWatch commenting on the civil rights audit that Uber released.
