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Chick-fil-A just did something Uber and DoorDash have never done

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Companies like Uber and DoorDash have made life easy for millions of Americans. Yet the lives of...

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Instacart to pay $46.5 million to over 300,000 workers in settlement

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The same day the Biden administration introduced a proposal to reclassify independent contractors as full-time employees, gig workers earned another big victory.

On Tuesday, Instacart settled a lawsuit with the city of San Diego and agreed to pay out $46.5 million to more than 300,000 current and former workers.

Filed in 2019, the suit alleged that the workers were misclassified as independent contractors. That ultimately held weight under the law with the passage of California’s Assembly Bill 5...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/instacart-to-pay-465-million-to-over-300000-workers-in-settlement

FTC to crack down on ‘unfair, deceptive’ gig company practices

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The Federal Trade Commission is throwing down the gauntlet against gig companies like Uber, Lyft and DoorDash.

The FTC on Thursday released a policy statement that made clear the agency’s commitment to protect gig workers from “unfair, deceptive and anticompetitive practices.” While the statement does not have any legal power, it mentions a laundry list of practices that the FTC is looking to combat, including:

  • Misrepresentations of the flexibility of gig work
  • Diminished bargaining power
  • Reducing...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/ftc-to-crack-down-on-unfair-deceptive-gig-company-practices

Florida e-commerce businesses have delivery option with Veho now in state

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Veho, the logistics platform designed for e-commerce last-mile delivery, is now operating in Florida. On Wednesday, the firm announced it has added facilities in Fort Lauderdale, Miami and Orlando, with Jacksonville and Tampa to follow later this year.

Veho is operating in 19 markets, including Washington, D.C., and major cities in Colorado, Texas, Illinois, Indiana, Georgia, North Carolina, Maryland, Pennsylvania and now Florida. It plans to add about one new market a week for the rest of the...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/ecommerce-next-day-delivery-platform-veho-opens-in-florida

Amazon trials service using gig drivers to deliver from local malls

Amazon Prime delivery van

Amazon since late last year has been piloting a service that uses Amazon Flex gig drivers to pick up and deliver packages from local malls, according to several reports.

The as yet unnamed service has been running behind the scenes in Las Vegas, Chandler, Arizona, and Tysons Corner, Virginia, Amazon Flex drivers told Bloomberg.

“Amazon Flex is testing a new offer type near you,” Amazon said in a notice to Flex drivers in Las Vegas. “Retail delivery offers will allow you to pick up and deliver...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/amazon-trials-service-using-gig-drivers-to-deliver-from-local-malls

Last-mile delivery service AxleHire announces East Coast expansion

After first expanding into the East Coast in 2021, AxleHire is now going farther, offering its last-mile delivery services to customers in Washington and Baltimore. The company made the announcement on Thursday.

The new cities join Newark, New Jersey, Philadelphia and New York City, giving AxleHire a presence in three of the five most populous East Coast cities. AxleHire has last-mile operations in 16 of the top 25 metro areas in the U.S.

“The transportation corridor between Washington, D.C., and...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/last-mile-delivery-service-axlehire-announces-east-coast-expansion

NYC gig worker unionization efforts pick up

A new coalition called Justice for App Workers is banding together New York City gig workers in pursuit of union rights

As companies like Uber and Lyft look to grow their businesses beyond ride-share, expanding into categories like food and grocery delivery, they face a persistent thorn in their sides.

For all of the growth the companies have experienced in recent years, their drivers and delivery workers have been left behind, often making less than the minimum wage and being denied access to bathrooms on the job.

The gig economy workforces of Uber, Lyft, DoorDash and others have been vocal about their...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/nyc-gig-worker-unionization-efforts-pick-up

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