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Uber and Lyft CEOs team up to respond to driver concerns in rare op-ed
Uber drivers join a protest caravan in Seattle in May. (Facebook Photo / App-Based Drivers Association) Uber CEO Dara Khosrowshahi…
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Senators scrutinize Amazon Delivery Service Partners program after reports of accidents and labor law violations
Amazon debuted its new Delivery Service Partners program in June 2018 in Seattle. (GeekWire Photo / Kurt Schlosser) Three U.S.…
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Seattle raises fees for Uber and Lyft rides with new tax, passes minimum wage for drivers
Inside Uber’s Seattle office. (GeekWire Photo / Monica Nickelsburg) The Seattle City Council unanimously passed legislation Monday that will establish…
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Pandemic exposes cracks in US labor market, leaving gig workers feeling desperate and exposed
Demand for Uber rides and other on-demand services plummets in Seattle amid COVID-19 outbreak. (GeekWire Photo / Curt Milton) When…
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Seattle caps fees that delivery companies charge restaurants at 15% to ease financial duress
Seattle Mayor Jenny Durkan. (GeekWire Photo / Monica Nickelsburg) Seattle is capping the fees that services like UberEats charge restaurants…
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Seattle considers mandating hazard pay for gig workers during the pandemic
(Bigstock Photo) The Seattle City Council is considering new emergency legislation that would require companies like Uber and Grubhub to…
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Debate over Uber and Lyft driver pay comes to a head as Seattle prepares to set minimum wage
Driver Eskinder Yirgu promotes Seattle Mayor Jenny Durkan’s FareShare legislation at City Hall. (Teamsters 117 Photo) Seattle officials are slated…
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Seattle adopts minimum wage for Uber and Lyft drivers
(Bigstock Photo) Seattle became the second big city in the nation to establish a minimum wage standard for Uber and…
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Uber raising trip prices 24% in new year in response to Seattle’s new minimum wage law for drivers
(BigStock Photo) The cost of an Uber trip in Seattle will jump about 24% starting Friday as the ride-hailing company…
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Uber to pay $3.4M in settlement for 15,000 Seattle drivers’ unpaid sick leave, back wages
Uber sick leave settlement announced. Photo by Teamsters Local 117 Seattle’s Office of Labor Standards reached a $3.4 million settlement…
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