Employment
Venezuela’s public sector workers take on multiple side jobs just to get by
To supplement their meager wages, many government workers in Venezuela are turning to side hustles that include driving taxis, baking cakes, selling clothes or taking care of pets. And that’s having an impact on the quality of public services.
These trash pickers used to have miserable jobs. Now they run their own recycling cooperative.
Fifteen million people around the world have perhaps the worst job imaginable: scavenging junk from the world’s dumps. But in Morocco, a group of trash pickers has made the transition to well-paid employees of a new recycling center. And they hope it’s an example others can follow.
President Trump, how will you make health care affordable to gig and contract workers if you roll back the ACA?
A growing number of people now work in the gig economy. Ride-hailing apps are sometimes primary sources of income for folks or a way for people to make extra money. For many freelancers, the Affordable Care Act is the way to get health insurance. But what happens to these workers if it gets repealed?
Like many undocumented restaurant workers, staying in the US is a simple calculation for this waiter
But for those who want to see less immigration, making it harder for employers to hire undocumented immigrants is one place to start. In Houston, restaurant advocates say immigrants do the work that native-born workers will not.
