Uber drivers are being forced to choose between risking Covid-19 or starvation | Veena Dubal and Meredith Whittaker
by Veena Dubal and Meredith Whittaker from Technology | The Guardian on (#5175V)
By defying the law to refuse their workers' basic benefits, the giants of the gig economy are creating a heartbreaking crisis
For the last week, Ahmed, a driver for Uber and Lyft, has faced a heartbreaking choice: starvation or sickness.
Ahmed has four kids, ages 11, eight, five and three. He lives with them, his wife and his elderly parents in San Francisco. He provides his family's sole source of income, but even though he works 60 or more hours a week, he has only 56 cents in his bank account.
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