by dankeelan | Dec 29, 2020 | Diversity
Ride-hailing companies Lyft and Uber face a long road in creating more racial equity at the top of their organizations, a new USA TODAY analysis shows. A snapshot of leadership at both companies illustrates their ongoing struggle to boost the...
by dankeelan | Dec 15, 2020 | Diversity, Gender, Gig Workers
When Phil Warner, Jordyn Samuels and Umar Asghar hit the road working for ride-hailing and delivery apps, they quickly found their experiences differed from those of their white male counterparts. Warner was called by a derogatory slur in a work messaging app and has...
by dankeelan | Dec 8, 2020 | Diversity
Uber’s latest diversity report shows a decline in the overall representation of Black employees in the U.S. despite an increased focus on racial justice this year in the wake of the police killing of George Floyd. In 2019, Uber was 9.3% Black while this year,...
by dankeelan | Nov 24, 2020 | Diversity, Finance, Gig Workers
Gig Wage, a payments platform founded by a Black former college basketball player in 2014, recently announced a partnership with online banking giant Green Dot that could take the Dallas-based startup to the next level in its mission to ensure underbanked gig workers...
by dankeelan | Oct 20, 2020 | California, Diversity, Gig Workers
As Election Day nears, California voters are being bombarded with ads featuring smiling Black and brown faces championing Proposition 22, the initiative by Uber Technologies Inc., Lyft Inc. and other gig companies that seeks to exempt them from a state law requiring...
by dankeelan | Oct 13, 2020 | Diversity, Future of Work
Technology, an industry that promises innovation and meritocracy, is at a moment of reckoning. Major technology companies have come under fire from elected officials, social justice leaders, and the general public for neglecting important social responsibilities in...
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