Hundreds of Uber and Lyft drivers will join with other app-based workers across the US for a day-long strike on Wednesday to protest against poor working conditions and demand the right to organize. Sign up to Alex Hern’s weekly technology newsletter, TechScape. The workers are calling for better wages and congressional support of the Pro…
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Last week I booked an Uber from our favourite pub to my home in north London – a trip of 1.75 miles I have taken several hundred times. I was riding with two friends whom I regularly drop off on the way. I asked the driver to use my preferred route, he refused and a…
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New Zealand Uber drivers are taking the global ride-share company to court, in the hopes of being legally determined as employees instead of contractors. It is the latest in a string of cases taken against the company and other ride-share apps, and the second such case in New Zealand. Two unions, First Union and E…
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A Senate inquiry has recommended the creation of a federal regulator for the gig economy as yet another death of a food delivery rider was revealed on Friday. The inquiry has also recommended that the definition of “employee” should be expanded to include gig workers, and a low-cost tribunal should be created so poorly paid…
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Socializing, parties and late night trips are all coming back as the coronavirus pandemic recedes in the US and along with them has come a surge in the price of calling a cab. It’s good news for Uber and Lyft, but for the rideshare drivers who were hit so hard by the pandemic? Not so…
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What are the real choices confronting gig workers as they consider their employment options in the post-pandemic world? As the push to get America back to work begins, employers are lamenting that no one wants to work any more. Low-wage industries in particular are struggling to fill positions amid a record high number of job…
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