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fromBusiness Insider
3 days ago
Artificial intelligence

Uber headhunted PhDs to join 'Project Sandbox.' After a month, it said that their AI training contracts were over.

Uber ended some Project Sandbox AI-training contracts early, citing the client's changed internal priorities and promising to seek future opportunities for affected workers.
fromwww.cbc.ca
4 months ago
Canada news

Uber drivers in B.C.'s capital of Victoria vote to unionize | CBC News

Uber drivers in Victoria, B.C. have achieved union certification for collective bargaining rights with the United Food and Commercial Workers Union.
fromBusiness Insider
3 days ago
Artificial intelligence

Uber headhunted PhDs to join 'Project Sandbox.' After a month, it said that their AI training contracts were over.

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fromSlate Magazine
1 month ago

DoorDash Finally Found a Way to Stop Paying Its Workers For Good

Throughout 2025, via political donations and not-so-subtle business moves, DoorDash has been showing the millions of gig workers who make its multibillion-dollar business viable that it's willing to spend far more to undermine their rights than to compensate them fairly-and it may soon replace them entirely with driverless vehicles. Last week, the United States' largest food-delivery platform announced it was kickstarting a partnership with the autonomous vehicle brand Waymo-a subsidiary of Google's parent company, Alphabet,
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fromStreetsblog
2 months ago

Have Cake, Eat It Too: Delivery Workers Earning More, Industry Booming With Minimum Pay Standard - Streetsblog New York City

Deliverista minimum wage raised gig-worker hourly pay while consumer spending and delivery orders increased, indicating no negative impact on business.
US politics
fromwww.amny.com
3 months ago

Instacart backs minimum wage hike for delivery workers, but conditions apply

Instacart supports a $21.44 hourly minimum for grocery delivery workers only if regulators do not impose utilization-based calculations that force shift scheduling and remove flexibility.
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