Gig Workers Are Employees. Start Treating Them That Way. The Biden administration has an opportunity to restore basic labor protections to the people who deliver our groceries and drive for Uber and Lyft. By Veena Dubal and Juliet B. Schor Dr. Dubal is a professor at the University of California Hastings College of the Law. Dr. Schor is a sociology professor at Boston College. Jan. 18, 2021 Credit...Ariel Davis One of the nation’s largest grocery chains, Albertsons, announced this month that it would replace many of its staff delivery drivers with independent contractors working for the del...