- Minneapolis drivers protested wages – and won. Lyft and Uber are choosing to leave the city rather than pay up (theguardian.com)
- Uber hired oligarch-linked Russian lobbyist despite bribery fears (theguardian.com)Uber wooed Russia’s rich and powerful but failed there anyway (washingtonpost.com)Uber promised South Africans better lives but knew drivers risked debt and danger (washingtonpost.com)‘Hit the kill switch’: Uber used covert tech to thwart government raids (washingtonpost.com)
- Gig economy: California bill granting employee status passes assembly
- Uber and Lyft drivers say apps are short-changing wages while raising fares