{"id":2625,"date":"2021-08-27T10:35:59","date_gmt":"2021-08-27T08:35:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2021\/08\/27\/i-dont-like-being-treated-like-crap-gig-workers-aim-to-retool-a-system-they-say-is-rigged\/"},"modified":"2021-08-27T10:35:59","modified_gmt":"2021-08-27T08:35:59","slug":"i-dont-like-being-treated-like-crap-gig-workers-aim-to-retool-a-system-they-say-is-rigged","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2021\/08\/27\/i-dont-like-being-treated-like-crap-gig-workers-aim-to-retool-a-system-they-say-is-rigged\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018I don\u2019t like being treated like crap\u2019: gig workers aim to retool a system they say is rigged"},"content":{"rendered":"

Uber, Lyft and other companies fighting Massachusetts lawsuit that would grant workers status as employees<\/p>\n

Felipe Martinez began working full-time as an Uber driver in the Boston, Massachusetts, area in late 2017. He enjoyed the flexibility, being able to work nights while spending days with his children and focusing on his family, but then Uber began unilaterally implementing changes that he says progressively worsened over time.<\/p>\n

\u201cYou start thinking they\u2019re just glitches on the app,\u201d said Martinez, 51, who cited changes such as not being given the rides closest to you, and the removal of unlimited destination filters \u2013 which give drivers more ability to set their routes. \u201cLittle by little, they started changing the unlimited destination filters and saying that people were abusing them.\u201d<\/p>\n

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\nUber, Lyft and other companies fighting Massachusetts lawsuit that would grant workers status as employees
\nFelipe Martinez began working full-time as an Uber driver in the Boston, Massachusetts, area in late 2017. He enjoyed the flexibility, being able to work nights while spending days with his children and focusing on his family, but then Uber began unilaterally implementing changes that he says progressively worsened over time.
\n\u201cYou start thinking they\u2019re just glitches on the app,\u201d said Martinez, 51, who cited changes such as not being given the rides closest to you, and the removal of unlimited destination filters \u2013 which give drivers more ability to set their routes. \u201cLittle by little, they started changing the unlimited destination filters and saying that people were abusing them.\u201d Continue reading…Technology | The Guardian<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Uber, Lyft and other companies fighting Massachusetts lawsuit that would grant workers status as employees Felipe Martinez began working full-time as an Uber driver in the Boston, Massachusetts, area in late 2017. He enjoyed the flexibility, being able to work nights while spending days with his children and focusing on his family, but then Uber …<\/p>\n

\u2018I don\u2019t like being treated like crap\u2019: gig workers aim to retool a system they say is rigged<\/span> Read More »<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":2626,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2625"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2625"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2625\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2626"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2625"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2625"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2625"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}