Uber Rides Cost More? OK
The underpinning of countless Silicon Valley success stories is a method of commerce that treats millions of workers as disposable and deprives them of protections...
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Instacart’s tip-baiting system is short-changing shoppers – US senators
Instacart’s tipping system is getting some new scrutiny from Congress. In a pair of letters today, a group of senators led by Sen. Brian Schatz...
‘I Feel Like a Hero’: A Day in the Life of a Grocery Delivery Man
When he heard the news about the coronavirus pandemic and the citywide shutdown, Gerald Timothee called his family back home in Port-au-Prince, Haiti. He wondered...
Reopening Prompts New Agitation Over Workers’ Virus Exposure
Riley Breakell, a Starbucks barista in Connecticut, was reassured in mid-March when the company sent a letter announcing expanded catastrophe pay for those absent because...
Call Them the Wildcat Strikes of the Coronavirus Era
Class consciousness does not flow automatically out of class identity. Being a worker does not necessarily mean you will come to identify as a worker....
As Supermarkets Feel Hazardous and Sparse, Small Farms Deliver
LOS ANGELES — For over a decade, Jennifer Field Piette has put together boxes of local fruits, vegetables and various pantry staples from California —...
Instacart to provide face masks for workers as part of coronavirus safety kit
Grocery delivery company Instacart says it will provide its full-service shoppers with health and safety kits days after some workers walked out over a lack...
Why a Pandemic Is Bringing Out Our Best Online
Image Hello and welcome! The pandemic has turned everything we know upside down, and we are relying on technology more than ever to work, go...