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More Than 350 Gig Workers Carjacked, 28 Killed, Over the Last Five Years
Meanwhile, Uber confirms 24,000 alleged physical assaults and threatened assaults against its drivers from 2017 to 2020
Big Tech Is Watching You. We’re Watching Big Tech.
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.
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Meanwhile, Uber confirms 24,000 alleged physical assaults and threatened assaults against its drivers from 2017 to 2020
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Personal information from reviewers was also exposed until The Markup’s inquiry
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In California, OSHA records show the tech giant has reported no worker deaths and no hospitalizations related to the virus
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Turns out, it depends on who you are
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New report lists Uber, Lyft, DoorDash, Instacart, and Grubhub worker victims, and the tally is likely even higher
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The bill, backed by the two companies, would prevent drivers from receiving some employee benefits
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The gig companies and a local Teamsters union helped shape the measure’s language
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The company has long used ride time and mileage to decide driver pay but is now turning to an opaque calculation called “Upfront Fares”
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Workers say getting sick leave and information on outbreaks can be a struggle
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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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