Wow!: US online grocery delivery boom helps open up access to fresh food
CAREY L BIRON, of Thomson Reuters Foundation, reports on the findings of new research showing that more than nine in 10 Americans can get food delivered at a click helping those who struggle to reach bricks and mortar stores…
US gig worker murders expose apps’ safety gaps, says labour group
Los Angeles, USThomson Reuters Foundation Two years after fleeing political persecution in Bangladesh, Salauddin Bablu was stabbed to death in Manhattan by a man who stole the electric bike he used to deliver food during long shifts for the Grubhub app. “When Salauddin died, his family lost everything,” Bablu’s brother-in-law, Muhammad Ahsan, said by phone […]
“A digital wild west”?: Concerns grow over delivery apps, gig work and “queue jumping”
UMBERTO BACCHI, of Thomson Reuters Foundation, reports that third-party apps that let delivery riders pay to ‘jump the queue’ for orders are angering gig workers in Italy…