‘I pulled my sock down and saw blood’: drivers for Amazon in US complain of dog attacks
Why Amazon's Flex drivers receive no worker’s compensation after a bite.
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Uber and Lyft are playing chicken with lawmakers—and the rideshare giants keep winning
Why don’t localities stand their ground against rideshare companies?
‘The police see us as disposable’: what life’s really like in New York’s maligned ‘red light district’
"People need to survive. And we’re not going anywhere."
‘I can’t believe we’re having this conversation’: the states pushing for 14-year-olds to serve alcohol
The bills’ supporters say there’s nothing to worry about.
$7,000 a day for five catchphrases: the TikTokers pretending to be NPCs
The videos borrow tactics honed for years by online erotic workers.
A DoorDash worker cursed at her over a $5 tip. Then she learned what they’re paid
A viral video becomes a lesson about the grim economics of gig work.
‘Any mistake can take your life’: the immigrant women working construction in New York
Why more immigrant women are training to be construction workers — despite the danger.
Four more people just died in an e-bike fire. If nothing changes, they won’t be the last
After yet another deadly lithium battery fire, why isn't more being done to prevent them?
Meredith Whittaker says AI’s biggest risk isn’t ‘consciousness’—it’s the corporations that control them
The Signal president on why labor organizing still matters.
NYC is about to regulate AI in hiring. Critics say the new law doesn’t do much
Why Local Law 144 isn't just a missed opportunity, but dangerous.
Starbucks fired a union organizer. New York City got him rehired
Austin Locke was sacked days after he helped unionize workers. A monumental new labor law means he’s back on the job.
Amazon was cited for ‘serious’ worker safety violations. Why was the fine only $60,000?
How Amazon gets off with a slap on the wrist for systematically endangering its workers.
How delivery workers won their first charging hub
"It makes me think nothing is impossible,” said Gustavo Ajche, founder of Los Deliveristas Unidos.
The AI startup erasing call center worker accents
New software can make overseas call center workers sound American — but at what cost?
‘This can’t be real’: Grubhub promotion turns New York City restaurants into a ‘war zone’
A food delivery platform Grubhub went badly awry – and proved there’s really no such thing as a free lunch.
Elon Musk praises Chinese workers for ‘burning the 3am oil’ – here’s what that really looks like
How Elon Musk makes Chinese workers put in hours that would be unacceptable elsewhere.
