The Guardian • September 2023 ‘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.
Fast Company • August 2023 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 Guardian • August 2023 ‘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."
The Guardian • July 2023 ‘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.
The Guardian • July 2023 $7,000 a day for five catchphrases: the TikTokers pretending to be NPCs The videos borrow tactics honed for years by online erotic workers.
Fast Company • July 2023 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.
The Guardian • June 2023 ‘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.
The Guardian • June 2023 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?
Fast Company • May 2023 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.
Fast Company • March 2023 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.
The Guardian • March 2023 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.
Fast Company • January 2023 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.
Curbed • October 2022 How delivery workers won their first charging hub "It makes me think nothing is impossible,” said Gustavo Ajche, founder of Los Deliveristas Unidos.
The Guardian • August 2022 The AI startup erasing call center worker accents New software can make overseas call center workers sound American — but at what cost?
The Guardian • May 2022 ‘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.
The Guardian • May 2022 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.