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Activist gig workers seek to form nonprofit to support fellow workers
Vanessa Bain (pictured above), a well-known gig worker-activist, has teamed up with fellow gig worker-activist Sarah Clarke (pseudonym) to form…
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The year of the gig worker uprising
2019 was a momentous year for gig workers. While the likes of Uber, Lyft, Instacart and DoorDash rely on these…
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Uber lays off 435 people across engineering and product teams
Uber has laid off 435 employees across its product and engineering teams, the company announced today. Combined, the layoffs represent…
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Despite minimum wage increase, some Amazon workers say losing stock options and bonuses means they will make less
Amazon’s announcement this week that it will raise its minimum wage for workers in the United States and United Kingdom…
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