Uber
When President Obama gave his speech on national security issues on May 23 at the National Defense University in Washington, D.C, one of the topics he focused on was closing the Guantanamo Bay detention center. The interruption of the speech by Medea Benjamin, a co-founder of CODEPINK, brought greater public...
The decline and fall of the NYC taxi industry
August 29, 2017The taxi industry suffers from much of the same problems that plague our society in general - lack of jobs for millions seeking gainful employment.
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N. Korea editorial could have gone further: Withdraw all U.S. troops
August 21, 2017North Korea, Uber, and LGBTQ attacks caught the attention of People's World readers last week.
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Uber driver says: “You’d be better off working at McDonald’s”
August 8, 2017Many Uber drivers are on a debt-to-work pipeline, taking on significant financial risk to earn a wage. But they never know how much they'll make.
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Lawmakers propose $20M to protect workers in gig economy
June 1, 2017The pilot program would be run through grants to states, local governments and non-profit groups.
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Uber loses 200,000 customers after scabbing during taxi driver strike
February 3, 2017The backlash has also resulted in the resignation of Uber CEO Travis Kalanick from Trump’s economic advisory council.
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