Sep 15, 2019 | Lyft news
California appears to be on the verge of passing AB5, a bill that would make it much harder for companies to classify employees as “independent contractors”—and a bill that scares Uber and Lyft to death. Drivers from those companies wrote in to tell us how being a...
Sep 14, 2019 | Lyft news
It appears increasingly likely AB5, the California bill that would significantly narrow the definition of an independent contractor in the state and have potentially profound implications on the gig economy, will pass. Last weekend, Governor Gavin Newsom voiced his...
Sep 13, 2019 | Lyft news
California is on the verge of passing a bill that would reclassify all “gig economy” workers—those who drive for Uber or Lyft, for example—as employees rather than contractors. Ride-sharing companies have responded by offering to pay drivers a minimum...
Sep 4, 2019 | Lyft news
Uber and Lyft have plenty of problems between them–not the least of which is that neither company seems to be able to make money. That’s ironic, especially in light of the fact that an investigative report from Jalopnik that says that the companies...
Sep 3, 2019 | Lyft news
Atlantans is a first-person account of the familiar strangers who make the city tick. This month’s is Jackee White, a driver for Lyft, as told to Sonam Vashi. Before driving, I was a hairstylist—I did André 3000, Tiny from Xscape—and used to own a salon in College...
Aug 8, 2019 | Lyft news
South Bend, Indiana mayor and 2020 presidential candidate Pete Buttigieg thinks “gig economy” workers are getting a raw deal as independent contractors, and promised to rectify that if elected. In a video Buttigieg posted to Twitter on Friday, the presidential hopeful...
Aug 7, 2019 | Lyft news
Starting Monday, families living in “food deserts” will have increased access to fresh groceries as ride-hailing service Lyft expands its Grocery Access Program to Charlotte, according to the program’s website. The program launched last December as part of Lyft’s...
Aug 5, 2019 | Lyft news
Twin Cities entrepreneurs James Kruse, Jon Schoen and Shawn Towle claim to have come up with a kinder, gentler car-hailing service — an online exchange that offers drivers more autonomy and control over their pay than Uber or Lyft. Their efforts to get Corbata off the...
Aug 1, 2019 | Lyft news
Lyft has announced an expansion of its new program designed to make airports pickups less confusing for riders and drivers alike, by directing riders to a designated pickup spot where they’ll show the driver a PIN code. The program is launching this weekend at New...
Jul 28, 2019 | Lyft news
Sen. Elizabeth Warren has made fighting big technology companies a key focus of her Democratic presidential campaign, including Uber and Lyft. .@Uber and @lyft executives are preparing to cash in by taking their companies public, so they’re squeezing their...
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