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Flashback: The Time Zohran Mamdani Was On Bad Faith.

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  Time will tell if the guy in this 4-year-old video is the same person (politically-speaking) who'll be New York City's mayor starting in 2026. 

Reminder That Uber and Lyft Treat Their Employees Poorly

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BreakThrough News: Tennessee Drivers Union Go On Strike.

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Democracy @ Work: Good News For Gig Drivers, Bad News For Homeless People

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Uber & Lyft Drivers Go On Strike

  Via Reuters : Drivers for Uber Technologies (UBER.N), opens new tab, Lyft (LYFT.O), opens new tab and delivery workers for DoorDash (DASH.O), opens new tab were staging a strike on Wednesday, seeking fair pay and better treatment. Workers say the rideshare and food delivery platforms are taking disproportionate sums from their fares as fees, hurting their earnings. The protest comes just as Uber, the largest ride-share company, saw its shares hit a record high after announcing a $7 billion share buyback. "These platforms continuously decrease driver earnings year after year as means to show they are profitable to investors to get them to buy into their stock," said Shantwan Humphrey, a driver in Dallas, Texas. Drivers from the Justice for App Workers (JFAW) coalition planned protests at airports across 10 cities in the East and Midwest, while Rideshare Drivers United group's members will picket outside Uber's offices in Los Angeles at noon PT (3 pm ET). "Right ...