States and cities eye stronger protections for gig economy workers
Caitlin Dewey | (TNS) Stateline.org Joshua Wood remembers days during the COVID-19 lockdown when New York City’s streets were practically empty, save for workers like him. That experience convinced the...
View ArticleWalters: California employers, unions enter a new labor law battle
When Gov. Gavin Newsom signed Senate Bill 365 this month, he opened a new chapter in a decades-long political and legal war over California laws governing relations between employers and their workers....
View ArticleGOP states embrace Uber, Lyft to take low-income patients to medical...
Anna Claire Vollers | Stateline.org (TNS) This month, Mississippi becomes the latest state to partner with ride-hailing companies such as Uber and Lyft to ferry residents to their medical appointments....
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She says she was raped by a Lyft driver and had a child. Now she’s suing
By Clare Duffy and Jennifer Korn | CNN Orlando, Florida — A Florida woman sued Lyft earlier this month, alleging that she was raped by her Lyft driver in 2019 and that the assault resulted in the birth...
View ArticleUber, Lyft and DoorDash vow to strike on Valentine’s Day
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View ArticleUber, Lyft, DoorDash workers remain contractors after California Supreme...
In a major victory for gig-work companies, the California Supreme Court today upheld a voter-approved law that allows Uber and other app makers to treat their drivers and delivery workers as...
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California companies wrote their own gig worker law. No one is enforcing it
Nearly four years after California voters approved better wages and health benefits for ride-hailing drivers and delivery workers, no one is actually ensuring they are provided, according to state...
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People with blindness and their allies rally outside Uber and Lyft over ride...
Several hundred people with blindness and low vision and their allies protested outside the San Francisco headquarters of Uber and Lyft Tuesday accusing the rideshare companies of illegally denying...
View ArticleCalifornia Uber and Lyft drivers could get back pay
By Levi Sumagaysay | CalMatters Tens of thousands of California ride-hailing drivers, and possibly more, could eventually get back paid after a recent US Supreme Court decision that clears the way for...
View ArticleLyft fined for duping would-be drivers over potential pay
When COVID vaccines started becoming widely available in early 2021 and demand for ride-hailing services began to recover, Bay Area company Lyft launched a nationwide campaign to recruit drivers with...
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