CATHY BUSSEWITZ, TOM KRISHER and MICHAEL LIEDTKE / The Associated PressMar 1, 2019
The ride-sharing company continues to bleed money and may struggle to turn a profit, according to a federal filing. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )
CHRISTOPHER RUGABER / The Associated PressSep 25, 2018
A new study indicates that task-oriented, app-based labor has failed to delivered the financial returns many workers had hoped for. Dig deeper ( 5 Min. Read )
By Jennifer Gollan / RevealSep 8, 2018
A California court ruling makes it harder for companies to classify employees as independent contractors. Gig economy companies are pushing back. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )
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Julian Vigo / TruthdigSep 7, 2018
The gig economy is being driven by those who seek to cut costs; this begins and ends with their ability to wiggle out of being considered “employers” in any sense. Dig deeper ( 11 Min. Read )
Chris Hedges and Mr. Fish / TruthdigAug 12, 2018
In this reposted column, Chris Hedges argues that the capitalist elites want everyone else to be temp workers trapped in demeaning, low-paying, part-time, service-sector jobs without job security or benefits. Dig deeper ( 9 Min. Read )
Natasha Hakimi Zapata / TruthdigJul 26, 2018
As writer Ben Judah argues, the Occupy movement, Jeremy Corbyn and Bernie Sanders changed this generation's thinking, and made a come-from-behind win like that of New York's Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez possible. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )
Teodrose Fikre / The Ghion JournalMar 30, 2018
When we glom on to political labels and attach ourselves to partisan ideologies, we allow the establishment to shatter us into encampments. Dig deeper ( 6 Min. Read )
Chris Hedges and Mr. Fish / TruthdigMar 25, 2018
The capitalist elites want everyone else to be temp workers trapped in demeaning, low-paying, part-time, service-sector jobs without job security or benefits. For a prime example of this, check out what Uber and Lyft have done to taxi drivers, and their own drivers, in New York City. Dig deeper ( 8 Min. Read )
TOM KRISHER and JACQUES BILLEAUD / The Associated PressMar 22, 2018
A review of video in the Arizona crash involving a self-driving vehicle shows that its laser and radar sensors should have triggered braking. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )
FELICIA FONSECA and TOM KRISHER / The Associated PressMar 19, 2018
The death in Tempe, Ariz., is the first associated with a fully autonomous test vehicle, and it is seen as a blow to the image of the new technology. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )
Amy Goodman and Denis MoynihanFeb 8, 2018
The ride-hailing firms have skirted traditional transportation laws, flooding the streets with cars for hire and causing economic hardship for licensed cabdrivers. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )
Eric Ortiz / TruthdigJun 23, 2017
Some analysts think the ride-service company may not survive unless it changes its business model—and fast. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )
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