To be an Uber driver is to work when you want. Or so Uber likes to say. But recent research in DC shows something very different.
"The price of flexibility in the gig economy is substantial," writes Katie Wells, a visiting scholar at George Washington University who's studying the working lives of Uber drivers. Last year Wells and her team conducted dozens of interviews and online surveys with Uber drivers in the metro Washington area, finding that in exchange for flexible schedules, Uber retains near total control over what she says "really matters for drivers, namely the compensation and costs of work." Go to dclabor.org for more details on this study. Here’s today's labor history: On this date in 1994, Cesar Chavez was posthumously awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom by President Bill Clinton, becoming the first Mexican-American ever to receive the honor. Today’s labor quote is by Cesar Chavez, who said: “It’s amazing how people can get so excited about a rocket to the moon and not give a damn about smog, oil leaks, the devastation of the environment with pesticides, hunger, disease. When the poor share some of the power that the affluent now monopolize, we will give a damn.” Union City Radio is supported by UnionPlus, which is committed to improving the quality of life for all working families; find out more at unionplus.org. Today in Labor History is provided by Union Communication Services. Rockin’ Solidarity is performed by Joe Uehlein and the Bones of Contention. Union City Radio is a partnership between the Metro Washington Council and WPFW, your station for jazz and justice. Follow us on Twitter @Dclabor This has been Chris Garlock; see you on the line!
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