The Gig Is Up

Uber Eats, DoorDash, Skip the Dishes and Foodora. You probably have heard of all these online apps that can help you get food delivered straight to your door. You can shop from hundreds of restaurants and not even leave your couch. These apps are fast, easy and right at your fingertips. They were popular pre-pandemic, but then boomed even more during the pandemic. But what do we know about the workers? The people behind the apps. The people who pick up actually deliver your food to you? In this episode Elise, Tiffany and Brittany talk about who they are and what challenges they face on a day to day basis when just trying to make ends meet for their family plus have an interview with Jennifer Scott, President of Gig Workers United.   Links: Uber Game:  https://ig.ft.com/uber-game/ Hustled podcast: https://www.thestar.com/podcasts/hustled.html Gig Workers United:  https://gigworkersunited.ca/  Support Gig Workers: https://gigworkersunited.ca/support.html#:~:text= Post%20a%20message%20of%20solidarity,and%20%40GigWorkersUnite%20(Twitter).  What it was like to be a gig worker during the pandemic: https://knowledge.insead.edu/economics-finance/what-its-like-to-be-a-gig-worker-during-a-pandemic-16161 Gig Workers Bill of Rights: https://gigworkersunited.ca/gig-economy.html#precarious  UFCW & Uber :  https://www.rankandfile.ca/ufcw-uber-deal/ ; https://jacobin.com/2022/02/ufcw-representation-collective-bargaining-independent-contractors-gig-drivers  Twitter: @GigWorkersUnite @palimpsestJenn