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[Link] Have you asked for an Airbnb refund during COVID? Ross was refused one – and then told to break lockdown
Read: 29/11/2021 www.abc.net.au
So when they booked a night at a Victorian country home for a getaway with friends, the Melbourne-based couple didn't pay too much attention to their Airbnb host's cancellation policy.
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[Link] Gopuff Delivery Workers Plan National Strike Ahead of Thanksgiving
Read: 23/11/2021 www.vice.com
Some participating workers plan to not work their scheduled shifts as part of the strike, and others will refuse to fill in for them, organizers say. They hope this will have a “significant impact” on a company that promises delivery of food and goods in just half an hour.
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[Link] Uber drivers tell Senate inquiry of abuse, false complaints and suspensions during Covid
Read: 4/11/2021 www.theguardian.com
Uber drivers in Sydney and Melbourne have been temporarily suspended from the service for asking customers to wear face masks in their cars, a Senate committee has been told.
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[Link] New York City Taxi Drivers Win Debt Deal After 15-Day Hunger Strike
Read: 4/11/2021 www.gizmodo.com.au
The New York Taxi Workers Alliance has declared victory in its struggle with the city government that had made millions artificially inflating the price of taxi medallions and then left taxi drivers to suffocate under debt as those prices plummeted in the age of Uber.
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[Link] Amazon ‘Delivery Partners’ Hit Amazon With $150 Million Lawsuit
Read: 27/10/2021 www.vice.com
Two Amazon delivery companies in the Portland area sued Amazon Monday, claiming that the e-commerce giant controls nearly every aspect of their business and penalizes them for circumstances beyond their control. The companies are seeking $15 million in damages.
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[Link] Lyft Has Received More Than 4,000 Sexual Assault Reports
Read: 22/10/2021 www.vice.com
Want the best of VICE News straight to your inbox? Sign up here. The report, released Thursday, breaks down sexual assault into five categories, including non-consensual sexual penetration, attempted sexual penetration, and non-consensual touching and kissing of body parts.
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[Link] The Economy Is Leaving Young People Behind
Read: 21/10/2021 jacobinmag.com
Why do young people have a favorable view of socialism? Because the economic system has utterly failed them. When the Great Recession hit, wiping out trillions of dollars in middle-class wealth, young people weren’t spared.
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[Link] Hundreds of HelloFresh Workers Are Unionizing in New Jersey
Read: 21/10/2021 www.vice.com
On Wednesday, the union filed a petition with the National Labor Relations Board for a union election at the HelloFresh distribution center in Newark. HelloFresh is the largest meal-kit provider in the United States. Its factory workers are also unionizing at a nearby facility in Totowa, New Jersey.
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[Link] Hasan Piker Said He Went to a Brothel, Igniting Sex Work Debate
Read: 20/10/2021 www.vice.com
Tweets and past comments from Leftist Twitch streamer Hasan Piker have kicked off yet another argument online about whether sex work is inherently exploitative. On Thursday, Piker tweeted a video from inside of a strip club, where a young man wearing one of his t-shirts gets a lap dance.
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[Link] NYC Delivery Workers Gain Right to Use Restaurant Bathrooms
Read: 23/9/2021 www.vice.com
In the past, Motherboard has reported that gig workers and delivery drivers around the country have nowhere to pee on the job, have been banned by restaurants from using their restaurants, and under time constraints, often relieve themselves in bushes, bottles, and bags.
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[Link] Delivery Apps to 'Vigorously Fight' to Take More Money From Struggling Restaurants
Read: 30/8/2021 www.vice.com
On Thursday, the New York City Council made permanent a cap on delivery commissions extracted by third-party delivery apps. The measure was originally passed during the pandemic as emergency relief for restaurants struggling to stay open as apps continued to take commissions of up to 30 percent.
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[Link] UPDATE 1-China to cap how much ride-hailing platforms can take from drivers
Read: 26/8/2021 www.reuters.com
SHANGHAI, Aug 18 (Reuters) - Chinese authorities will impose a cap on the percentage ride-hailing platforms can take from drivers’ fees, an official from the Ministry of Transport said on Wednesday.
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[Link] This artist funded his sister's degree and added a floor to his parent's house with Warframe skins
Read: 22/8/2021 www.pcgamer.com
Digital Extremes' Warframe is a live service game which makes money largely through cosmetics, and part of its success has come from the studio's willingness to embrace all forms of fan expression, whether that's guides or incredible 3D art.
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[Link] Labor demands Uber shape up or shut down
Read: 22/8/2021 www.smh.com.au
Labor has questioned whether transport giant Uber should be allowed to keep operating in NSW after the industry regulator revealed a systematic failure by the company to report safety problems, check drivers were doing mandatory training and stop them clocking up to 17-hour stints on the road.
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[Link] How to Read Uber and Lyft's Purposefully Confusing Earnings Reports
Read: 5/8/2021 www.vice.com
For years, Uber and Lyft have claimed that profitability is just around the corner (or used accounting tricks to claim that they’re making money).
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[Link] Get ready to share pavements with stocky little delivery bots
Read: 27/7/2021 thenextweb.com
Ioanna is a writer at SHIFT. She likes the transition from old to modern, and she's all about shifting perspectives.
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[Link] ‘We owe it to our couriers’: Menulog trials employee rights for workers
Read: 12/4/2021 www.smh.com.au
One of Australia’s largest food delivery platforms, Menulog, has broken with the industry and declared it will be the first to give many of its couriers rights to a minimum wage and superannuation contributions by directly employing them.
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