Gig Workers

Front-line Amazon workers learned this week that the marketplace is investing $1 billion for pay hikes over the next year.

Statement: ‘Protecting these workers from unfair, deceptive, and anticompetitive practices is a priority’

Bringg and WorkWhile have launched a gig driver network to provide on-demand workers for last-mile delivery.

Grocery app Instacart is now delivering big and bulky items from Big Lots, Staples, Office Depot and more.

Lyft has created a media business unit that will target advertising revenue in vehicles, some of which could be shared with drivers.

The convenience store chain has reportedly acquired delivery startup Skipcart and its network of 150,000 couriers.

Ride-hailing giant Lyft reported earnings for the second quarter after the bell Thursday.

Uber beat earnings expectations for Q2, but its delivery business wasn’t the driver this time around.

The Uber Eats update lets customers order groceries even when stores are closed and provides real-time order tracking.

Amazon took a stake in struggling food delivery platform Grubhub that could be worth up to 13% if it attracts enough customers.

Veho, which offers last-mile delivery and logistics for e-commerce brands, has opened facilities in Cincinnati and St. Louis, giving it a presence in 22 metro areas in the U.S.

Two listening sessions in the next two weeks will kick off the Biden administration’s effort to create a new federal definition of independent contractor status.

A lesser-known rival of Uber Eats, DoorDash and Grubhub, Waitr adds the first national convenience store to its platform.

An effort by Uber and Lyft to have voters define the companies’ drivers as independent contractors has been blocked by the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court.

As some gig platforms remove fuel surcharges, Gridwise is stepping into the void with a new program offering 50 cents off per gallon.

The California Trucking Association filed its brief to the Supreme Court, laying out arguments why the court should review AB5 in the state’s trucking sector.

Some Massachusetts politicians are demanding answers from rideshare and delivery companies on efforts to extend health and safety protections to workers.

Sources say Just Eat Takeaway is slashing its asking price for Grubhub by nearly $6 billion as it searches for a buyer.

Turkish ultrafast delivery company Getir told employees in an internal memo this week that it would be laying off about 14% of its workforce.

The e-commerce giant will deliver packages from local malls using its network of Amazon Flex gig drivers.