Credit to Author: Edward Ongweso Jr| Date: Wed, 12 Feb 2020 18:30:17 +0000
The assembly bill is the latest silo in California’s war against Silicon Valley’s exploitative practices.
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Credit to Author: Edward Ongweso Jr| Date: Tue, 04 Feb 2020 20:24:21 +0000
Uber suspended not just hundreds of riders but two drivers from the platform, temporarily cutting them off from a source of income.
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Credit to Author: Edward Ongweso Jr| Date: Fri, 31 Jan 2020 18:21:30 +0000
“We’re spending more money at restaurants than a customer would spend on the same order, and many of us would just like to wash our hands when we pick up food.”
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Credit to Author: Lauren Kaori Gurley| Date: Mon, 13 Jan 2020 18:33:21 +0000
“I don’t believe there’s another gig economy company with workers who are more pissed.”
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Credit to Author: Marie Solis| Date: Mon, 13 Jan 2020 13:26:11 +0000
Young people are trying to reclaim their time from the pressures of capitalism.
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Credit to Author: Josh Gabert-Doyon| Date: Thu, 02 Jan 2020 19:42:45 +0000
Esther Perel tackles the gig economy’s psychological fallout in her latest podcast ‘How’s Work?’
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Credit to Author: Ashwin Rodrigues| Date: Tue, 31 Dec 2019 13:46:05 +0000
The decade we got the gig economy, hustle culture, and algorithmic bosses.
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Credit to Author: Lauren Kaori Gurley| Date: Mon, 09 Dec 2019 18:20:37 +0000
Grocery delivery gig workers who use Instacart told Motherboard that after this year’s pay cuts, they’re struggling to pay for basic necessities like utilities and food.
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Credit to Author: Ryan Hayes| Date: Tue, 19 Nov 2019 13:39:32 +0000
A network of cooperative alternatives are replacing rampant exploitation with decent work.
Read moreCredit to Author: Steve Hanley| Date: Sat, 16 Nov 2019 23:05:34 +0000
The State of New Jersey says Uber drivers are employees and the company owes it $649 in unpaid unemployment taxes and interest. Uber disagrees.