Uber, Lyft face civil trial over worker classifications

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🗓️ 13 May 2024

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Massachusetts is suing asking for workers to be classified as employees; Johnson & Johnson selling off remaining stake in consumer business; TV ‘upfronts’ begin to lure advertisers; Mercedes-Benz workers in Alabama begin unionization vote.

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0:00.0	Uber and Lift are heading to court.
0:04.0	I'm Novisafa with the Marketplace Minute.
0:06.0	A non-jury civil trial begins today in Boston over the way the right-sharing companies classified
0:11.4	drivers as independent contractors.
0:14.6	The state of Massachusetts is suing saying they should be considered employees with
0:18.9	wage and benefit guarantees.
0:20.5	Uber and Lyft say that could force them to leave the state.
0:24.0	Johnson and Johnson is leaving the consumer health business.
0:27.0	It is selling off its remaining 9.5% stake in a spin-off company that owns brands such as Tylenol and Johnson's baby powder.
0:36.6	Television networks this week are showing off upcoming programming to lure early commitments
0:40.7	from major advertisers, an annual ritual known as the up fronts.
0:44.1	They kick off today, Amazon and Netflix are also presenting.
0:48.8	Workers at a Mercedes-Benz factory in Alabama began voting on whether to join the United Auto Workers Union.
0:54.4	Final results are expected Friday, last month,
0:57.4	Volkswagen plant workers in Tennessee voted to unionize.
1:01.2	I'm Novisafo with the Marketplace Minute.

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