About Katie Johnston
Each day it becomes harder for all but the highest earners to get by in this country. Average American workers face a lack of opportunity. They struggle in the fight for livable wages. They also deal with nagging questions about their relevance. Will their skills remain viable in a changing economy with more automation?
Will their jobs be sent overseas? Small business owners, meanwhile, face their own challenges. And the labor unions that once hovered over it all are increasingly less powerful. This beat explores those shifts. It emphasizes what it all means for our workforce. It also highlights the impact on families trying to put food on the table. Katie Johnston earlier wrote about travel and tourism for the Globe and worked as the paper’s music and entertainment editor.
Here are links to Katie’s Boston Globe articles relevant to ride share. These articles are paywalled.
- Some Uber, Lyft drivers say pay has declined since new minimum wage enacted
- Town-by-town results map: Question 3 on Uber and Lyft drivers
- Uber, Lyft ballot measure leaves labor movement divided
- https://www.bostonglobe.com/2024/10/13/business/uber-lyft-drivers-union-ballot-question/
- Uber, Lyft drivers kick off campaign in support of union ballot measure
- Who’s really at the wheel for Uber and Lyft? In many ways, AI.
- Six things to know about the state’s deal with Uber and Lyft
- https://www.bostonglobe.com/2024/06/30/business/uber-lyft-drivers-pay-massachusetts/
- Uber, Lyft and AG reach $175 million settlement that will boost gig-driver pay, likely avoid costly ballot fight
- State sues Uber and Lyft, saying they cheat drivers by calling them contractors
- https://www.bostonglobe.com/2020/07/14/business/state-sues-uber-lyft-over-driver-misclassification-independent-contractors/
Here’s another Boston Globe article published by another journalist. Her name is Diti Kohli.
- After ballot measure win, Uber and Lyft workers quickly launch ‘App Drivers Union’
- https://www.bostonglobe.com/2024/12/04/business/after-ballot-measure-win-uber-lyft-workers-quickly-launch-app-drivers-union/