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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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Faculty Roundup: The latest highlights from UCI Law’s faculty
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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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Faculty Roundup: The Latest Highlights from UCI Law’s Faculty
Dan L. Burk UCI Distinguished and Chancellor’s Professor of Law Dan L. Burk published “Patents in Action,” 63 Jurimetrics J. 221 (2023), which considers the construction of patents as social practices and aims to observe patents in action, that is, to catch patents in the act of becoming patents. Prof. Burk also recently published the article, “Cheap Creativity…
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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.
