Archive: contingent labor

• KI Visiting Scholar John Russo to Speak on the Gig Economy

  The Labor and Income Inequality Team at Our Lady of Queen Peace Church is hosting a presentation where KI Visiting Scholar John Russo will share his insights on the gig economy. Join this timely discussion about what the new economy is and how contingent contract workers can build power and secure pay and benefits to support themselves and their families.

  Categories: Events, Visiting Scholars Tags: contingent labor, Events, Gig Economy, John Russo, Laura Bandini, Our Lady of Queen Peace, Precarity, Sharing economy

• OVERTIME: Labor Stories of the Week (Feb 19, 2016)

  The week's best labor stories assembled, hyperlinked, and summarized here for your convenience. Game-changer. Just as we were editing our obituaries for the American labor movement, the sudden deat

  Category: In the News Tags: Bargaining for the Common Good, Catholic social teaching, contingent labor, Friedrichs, Justice for Janitors, Overtime, Pope Francis, right to work, Saint Paul, Saint Paul Teachers, Student debt