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Reuters | Breaking International News & Views
- The New Economics Foundation found that 82% of Uber customers would use a more ethical alternative to the ride hail service and 54% would pay more for their journey to give drivers better pay and conditions.
from Regulating Big Tech is not enough. We need platform socialism by James Muldoon
Severin Matusek added
- One of his key arguments was that today’s system forces a choice for every worker and every company: you’re either an employee with more benefits but less flexibility, or an independent contractor with more flexibility but almost no safety net. Uber’s new proposal aims to eliminate this forced choice — yet many of our critics say it doesn’t actuall... See more
from Can Employees Really Work However They Want? by Alison Stein
sari added
- As early as 2017, executives at the ride-sharing platform Uber reportedly met with US Securities and Exchange Commission officials about granting company stock to their independent-contractor drivers.
By February 2019, the Wall Street Journal reported that, with their initial public offerings approaching, Uber and its competitor Lyft found a way to ... See morefrom User Trusts: Broad-Based Ownership for Online Platforms by Nathan Schneider
Joey DeBruin and added