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What Uber and Lyft Drivers Want
Although rideshare apps and other “gig economy” jobs are often billed as ways for workers to make extra cash in their spare time, that hasn’t been the case for many.
Last week ridehsare drivers across the country staged a 24-hour strike against their companies, Uber and Lyft. In Los Angeles they focused their protest at LAX, where they urged other drivers working the airport to join the walkout. The action’s organizers, Rideshare Drivers United, said drivers were seeking a minimum hourly pay rate that would up to about $17 after expenses. See Joe Rihn’s report.
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America on Trial
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EnvironmentJune 21, 2022Why Are So Many Firefighters Still Struggling to Afford Housing?
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Politics & GovernmentJune 18, 2022Inside the Fight to Force Makers of Plastic Trash to Clean Up Their Mess
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EnvironmentJune 22, 2022Oxnard Residents Fight Port’s Plan to Store Thousands of Cars Close to Their Beach
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Politics & GovernmentJune 9, 2022AT&T Was April’s Top Donor to Lawmakers Who Voted to Overturn the Election
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Latest NewsJune 10, 2022A New Muckraking Newspaper From Ralph Nader Takes On Congress and Its Dirty Secrets
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ImmigrationJune 14, 2022Sports Teams Fly on Same Private Jets Hired to Deport Immigrants
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State of InequalityJune 16, 2022In California, It Barely Pays to Take Care of Elders in Need at Home
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Latest NewsJune 28, 2022Scamsters Posing as ICE Officials Are Defrauding U.S. Families of Asylum Seekers