Monday, September 1, 2025

Tag: Uber

The gig is up

Gig work is making capitalism harsher.

The future of ride sharing

One would hope that this might lead to a ride-sharing operation run by the drivers, with lower prices for customers and a better share of profits for the drivers.

The gig is up: Rep. Deb Haaland introduces bill to make...

Haaland’s legislation would place that burden entirely on Lyft, Uber, and other multinational corporations employing large numbers of so-called independent contractors in the gig economy.

Disrupters in chief

From Washington to Rome, so-called "populist" politicians are hacking away at a genuinely broken status quo. But their alternatives are either uninspired or terrifying.

‘The gig economy’ is the new term for serfdom

Corporate capitalism is establishing a neofeudal serfdom in numerous occupations, a condition in which there are no labor laws, no minimum wage, no benefits, no job security and no regulations.

Uber and Lyft, driving drivers into poverty and despair

"In 2016, Uber and Lyft combined spent more on lobbying than Amazon, Walmart and Microsoft combined. They use their political might to win deregulation bills."

Uber Goes Under in Austin

Arrogant ridesharing corporations thought they could buy an election, but they chose the wrong city.

Uber Driver Allegedly Responsible For Kalamazoo Shooting Spree That Killed 6

Suspect in custody after six-hour shooting rampage kills six and leaves 14-year-old girl in critical condition.

Three Middle-Class-Killing Industries for 2016

The companies in the spotlight are specialists in the disdainful business practices that permeate their industries.

VIDEO: Ride-Sharing Service Uber 'Using Any Means Necessary' to Stop Regulation...

Uber has expanded worldwide at an extremely rapid pace and it is prepared to fight any limitations introduced to them. Cab drivers and cab driver veterans are attempting to get Uber out of New York City and all over the world.

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AI death panels or cost control? Medicare pilot hands denials to private algorithms

Federal pilot in Arizona, New Jersey, Ohio, Oklahoma, Texas, and Washington will pay private A.I. firms a cut of “savings,” prompting warnings of “AI death panels” and the “very worst of private insurance.”

From Guernica to Gaza

“Do not think yourself better because you burn up friends and enemies with long-range missiles without ever seeing what you have done.”

Wednesday night massacre at CDC: Resignations, walkout, and a showdown over vaccine policy

After the removal of Director Susan Monarez, top CDC officials resign and staff walk out as RFK Jr.’s HHS faces bipartisan alarm.

DRC to open bids for oil and gas drilling putting pristine forest and endangered...

Democratic Republic of the Congo's (DRC) government opened another round of auctioning for 52 oil blocks, which threatens 64 percent of the country’s pristine forest.

When will MAGA Trump’s reckless war against America cause an equal, GOP-demolishing backlash?

Trumpism has always been a bad faith magic trick but day by day becomes America’s indefensible bad joke.