Neoliberalism
Work
Fig. 1. The spectre of Death, in the form of a large skeleton, rises with the smoke and flames of the burning Asch Building during the Triangle fire, as people jump and fall to their death. Artist unknown, from International Ladies Garment Workers Union Photographs (1885-1985) at The Kheel Center for Labor-Management Documentation and Archives, via Wikimedia Commons, CC BY 2.0.
This sounds like good news but is expected to face numerous court challenges. They say they’ve crafted the rules so they’ll survive these challenges[1] but I have a hard time believing the Supreme Court will stand for it. It’ll be yet another Democratic Party excuse for Democratic Party failure. Because under neoliberal ideology, workers are the oppressors and the rich are oppressed.
Lauren Kaori Gurley, “Millions of gig workers could qualify as employees under new Biden-era rule,” Washington Post, January 9, 2024, https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2024/01/09/independent-contractor-rule-labor-department-uber-lyft/
So-called ‘ridesharing’
Drivers
Fig. 1. Yeah, this is me. The sign says, “If you’re whining about a labor shortage, STOP ignoring my job applications!” And the QR-code leads here. Photograph by author, January 16, 2023.
Lauren Kaori Gurley, “Millions of gig workers could qualify as employees under new Biden-era rule,” Washington Post, January 9, 2024, https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2024/01/09/independent-contractor-rule-labor-department-uber-lyft/
Illiberalism
Gilead
Donald Trump
Coup attempt
Chris Geidner, “D.C. Circuit judges extremely skeptical of Trump’s post-presidential immunity claim,” Law Dork, January 9, 2024, https://www.lawdork.com/p/dc-circuit-trump-immunity-arguments
- [1]Lauren Kaori Gurley, “Millions of gig workers could qualify as employees under new Biden-era rule,” Washington Post, January 9, 2024, https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2024/01/09/independent-contractor-rule-labor-department-uber-lyft/↩