App Delivery as Part of the “Care” Industry

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https://chieforganizer.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/CN02292020.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: Apple PodcastsNew Orleans        I’m scratching my head trying to figure out what kind of sand platform applications around food delivery are built on.  The workers are hardly paid, precarious and unhappy.  The restaurants are complaining and organizing for protection in some cities, and trying to figure out …

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Delivery Apps Rip-off Workers, Customers, and Even Restaurants

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https://chieforganizer.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/CN02282020.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: Apple PodcastsNew Orleans        DoorDash allowed sources to whisper to the Wall Street Journal that they were preparing to go public and cash in from investors despite losing money in its business.  They need to hurry, because reality is starting to catch up with all of these predatory …

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Delivery Driver Unions and Resistance are Growing

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https://chieforganizer.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/CN02272020.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: Apple PodcastsNew Orleans       Traveling in other cities both in the United States and around the world, it sometimes seems like food delivery workers are everywhere on either scooters or bicycles.  The soft box on their backs or the hard one behind their seats to hold containers of …

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