How Lobstermen Formed a Union Co-op to Claw Back Fair Prices
Article published in Labor notes by Bernadette King Fitzsimons and Rebecca Lurie.
“When you think of workers hamstrung by the “independent contractor” label, you probably don’t think of Maine lobstermen.
But it turns out that lobstermen—a title claimed by women as well as men who catch and sell lobster for a living—have something in common with warehouse temps and Uber drivers. As independent contractors they’re denied the collective bargaining rights and various other workplace protections and benefits afforded (to some) by U.S. labor law.”