Here is news making headlines today:
- Uber and Lyft app drivers gather outside MTA HQ to protest congestion pricing: https://www.cbsnews.com/newyork/news/uber-and-lyft-app-drivers-gather-outside-mta-hq-to-protest-congestion-pricing/
- Uber overhauls app safety features, including a new way to text 911: https://www.theverge.com/2022/8/30/23327515/uber-safety-toolkit-911-text-adt-agent
- Lyft sued by Drivers & Passengers: https://techcrunch.com/2022/08/31/lyft-sued-by-drivers-passengers-claiming-company-failing-to-protect-users-from-assault/
- Waymo’s driverless vehicles are picking up passengers in downtown Phoenix: https://www.theverge.com/2022/8/29/23323593/waymo-driverless-vehicles-passengers-downtown-phoenix
- How do gig workers fit into the rest of today’s labor force?: https://www.marketplace.org/2022/08/31/how-do-gig-workers-fit-into-the-rest-of-todays-labor-force/
- Creative skills will be crucial to the future of work. They should take centre stage at the jobs summit: https://au.news.yahoo.com/creative-skills-crucial-future-centre-200234741.html
- How the government vastly underreports its labor statistics: https://thehill.com/opinion/finance/3622763-how-the-government-vastly-underreports-its-labor-statistics/
- Union boss accuses Royal Mail of becoming ‘another part of the gig economy’ as strikes continue: https://www.cityam.com/union-boss-accuses-royal-mail-of-becoming-another-part-of-the-gig-economy-as-strikes-continue/
- You Can Now Shop Lizzo’s Personalized Grocery List on Instacart—See What Made the Cut: https://www.eatingwell.com/article/7996419/lizzos-personalized-grocery-list-on-instacart/
