As Uber Gets Ready to Turn Public, L.A. Drivers Prepare a Strike

Donald Kaufman / Truthdig Mar 24, 2019 After per-mile pay is slashed by 25 percent, a group seeks a livable wage, a cap on the company's commissions and a voice going forward. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

Lyft Reveals Big Growth but No Profits as It Readies for IPO

CATHY BUSSEWITZ, TOM KRISHER and MICHAEL LIEDTKE / The Associated Press Mar 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 )

The Gig Economy Is a Bust, and These Numbers Prove It

CHRISTOPHER RUGABER / The Associated Press Sep 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 )

Why Gig Companies Want to Call Their Workers Independent Contractors

By Jennifer Gollan / Reveal Sep 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 )

The Gig Economy and Outsourcing: A Dark Net of Near Slavery

Julian Vigo / Truthdig Sep 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 )

The ‘Gig Economy’ Is the New Term for Serfdom

Chris Hedges and Mr. Fish / Truthdig Aug 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 )

What Makes Millennial Socialism Different

Natasha Hakimi Zapata / Truthdig Jul 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 )

Forget Tribalism, Disavow Politics and Stand Up for Inclusive Justice

Teodrose Fikre / The Ghion Journal Mar 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 )

‘The Gig Economy’ Is the New Term for Serfdom

Chris Hedges and Mr. Fish / Truthdig Mar 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 )

Car in Uber Fatality Should Have Spotted Pedestrian

TOM KRISHER and JACQUES BILLEAUD / The Associated Press Mar 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 )

Uber Suspends Self-Driving Tests After Pedestrian Is Killed

FELICIA FONSECA and TOM KRISHER / The Associated Press Mar 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 )

Uber and Lyft, Driving Taxi Drivers Into Poverty and Despair

Amy Goodman and Denis Moynihan Feb 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 )