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☆ The Biden administration wants to make it easier for gig workers to be full-time so Uber drivers and home health workers could qualify for benefits and better pay
  + stars: | 2022-10-11 | by ( Jason Lalljee | Juliana Kaplan | ) www.businessinsider.com   time to read: +4 min
The Labor Department announced a proposal making it easier for gig workers to be classified as employees. That proposal comes after years of pushback from gig work companies like Uber and Lyft. It's no secret that gig work has been spreading, as the rise of on-demand apps necessitated the rise of on-demand workers. Part of the expansion of unemployment benefits, which also included an additional $600 and then $300 a week, made gig workers eligible for benefits for the first time. The Labor Department announcement comes after years of organizing from labor activists pushing for gig workers to be classified as full employees.
☆ Analysis: Pummelled pound faces long road back as investor confidence shredded
  + stars: | 2022-09-26 | by ( Tommy Wilkes Dhara Ranasinghe | Tommy Wilkes | Dhara Ranasinghe | ) www.reuters.com   time to read: +5 min
An employee is seen walking over a mosaic of pound sterling symbols set in the floor of the front hall of the Bank of England in London, in this March 25, 2008 file photograph. Yet the rapid rise in yields investors now receive for owning UK bonds hasn't helped sterling much. Pound slumps and UK borrowing costs surgePredicting the short-term direction of currencies is notoriously hard. Against the euro the pound is only at two-year lows, although it is down 3% since Friday. "People will look at the UK and think that that's not a market that is stable," said Payne at Janus Henderson.
☆ A wave of indigenous women run for Brazil's Congress in Bolsonaro backlash
  + stars: | 2022-09-22 | by ( Amanda Perobelli Pilar Olivares | Amanda Perobelli | Pilar Olivares | ) www.reuters.com   time to read: +5 min
Indigenous Sonia Guajajara, head of the Articulation of Indigenous Peoples of Brazil (APIB) organisation and candidate for federal deputy, takes part in an interview in Sao Paulo, Brazil, September 21, 2022. REUTERS/Amanda PerobelliSAO PAULO, Sept 22 (Reuters) - A record number of indigenous leaders, most of them women, are running for federal office in Brazil's election next month, in a backlash against the policies of President Jair Bolsonaro. "This election is crucial," said Sonia Guajajara, head of Brazil's main indigenous umbrella organization, the Articulation of Indigenous Peoples of Brazil (APIB), who is running for Congress. "Today, it is the women who are taking up the fight and leading the struggle of indigenous people in Brazil." Four decades passed before the election of another indigenous representative in Congress – a woman, Joenia Wapichana, from the state of Roraima.
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