Gig workers to companies after BLM statements: 'Prove it'

Black gig workers are calling out the empty gestures of solidarity and support from the companies they drive, deliver, and work for as so-called independent contractors as the Black Lives Matter movement gains momentum across the U.S. In an open letter from Black workers affiliated with the group Gig Workers Rising to the heads of Uber, Lyft, DoorDash, Postmates, Instacart and others, the gig workers flagged how actions like Uber CEO Dara Khosrowshahi's announcement about Juneteenth (June 19) as a paid day off for corporate workers dismisses the very people the companies purport to support. In the letter written by Lyft driver Cherri Murphy in Oakland, California, she laid out out how Black and brown gig workers are exploited, especially during the coronavirus pandemic, for the benefit of company executives and fulltime employees.  Read more...More about Blm, Gig Workers, Tech, Activism, and Sharing Economy