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Dara Kerr is an enterprise reporter based in Oakland with a focus on labor. She covers Silicon Valley employees, gig and warehouse workers, and the ways labor is changing. She’s interested in how companies are redefining work and what that means for society.
Before joining The Markup, she was a senior reporter for CNET, writing about the gig economy. Her reporting looked at the epidemic of sexual assault in ride-hailing, gig companies’ battles with government regulators, and the lack of protections for workers in that industry.
Working for an Algorithm
Two Oregon warehouses have been in an active outbreak for nearly 19 months. Elsewhere in the country, warehouse workers report continual cases
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Over the past two-and-a-half months, there have been nearly 50 reported carjackings of ride-hail drivers, who say the companies have done little to warn of the threat
The grocery delivery company’s new CEO said she wants to make working conditions better; worker groups say nothing has changed
News
A bill headed to the governor’s desk aims to curb injuries in warehouse distribution centers run by a broad spectrum of employers and outlaw punishment for bathroom breaks
Ask The Markup
After success in California, gig economy companies are looking to pass their own labor laws in the Bay State. But they may be in for a battle
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“I would be signing all my rights away,” he said. “I would have no recourse.”
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The Markup confirmed 124 carjackings and attempted carjackings of ride-hail drivers across the country. Drivers say the companies are doing little to help
News
The ride-hail giants are orchestrating a complex PR scheme to sway public opinion to ensure drivers aren’t classified as employees
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Drivers say the companies should just pay better
Citizen Browser
As COVID-19 surged, the social media company pointed users to all sorts of anti-vaccine and anti-mask groups
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