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Uber Spends $250M to Lure Drivers While Gutting Their Rights
Uber is spending hundreds of millions to recruit drivers as vaccinations increase while working to keep them misclassified as contractors.
Uber Gave Its 'Independent' Drivers Some Freedom, Now It Might Take It Away
Uber let drivers in California preview destinations and set rates to prove their independence, but after Proposition 22 passed it's reconsidering those freedoms.
The Mysterious Case of the F*cking Good Pizza
A quest to find the origin of a pizza place led me down a rabbit hole of clickbait restaurants—with Uber co-founder Travis Kalanick's new company at the end.
Delivery App Workers Are Making Sub-Minimum Wage in the UK, Analysis Finds
The Bureau of Investigative Journalism found nearly half of the Deliveroo workers whose invoices were analyzed made below the legal minimum wage.
Two Paths to Reining In Gig Companies Are Going Head-to-Head in Connecticut
As companies like Uber seek to undermine labor rights nationwide, Connecticut is becoming a battleground for potential solutions.
Asian Uber Driver Who Was Assaulted by Nightmare Riders Raises $100K From GoFundMe: ‘It Has Not Been Easy’
Support for Subhakar Khadka has poured in from around the world.
Uber Rider from Hell Has Turned Herself In—and She’s Facing Years in Prison
Arna Kimiai, 24, was caught on video coughing on her driver and pulling off his mask in San Francisco last week.
Landmark Ruling Forces Uber to Share Data With Drivers in the Netherlands
Drivers hailed the move as an important "first step" towards realizing their rights as workers for the companies.
Nightmare Uber Rider Who Coughed On Her Asian Driver Will Turn Herself In to Police
Arna Kimiai has previously gone on Instagram Live clad in a bra to defend herself in an unapologetic tirade.
Uber Is Expanding Its War on Labor to Canada With a Prop 22 Clone
In a new proposal announced Wednesday, the company is proposing provincial Canadian governments deny gig workers employee classification in exchange for a paltry benefits fund.
Woman Goes on IG Live in a Bra to Not Apologize for Coughing on Uber Driver
“And he lucky as hell I ain’t have nothing on me,” she says. “Cause if we would’ve played with me, bruh, it would’ve been a whole different story.”
Uber Riders Coughed On and Pepper-Sprayed Their Asian Driver: ‘Fuck the Masks’
“If I was another complexion, I would have not gotten that treatment from them.”