At a news conference Sunday afternoon, Illinois rideshare drivers and delivery workers announced that local groups are joining a national movement to fight for better working conditions.
in the united states, much more than oil companies that haphazardly pull this stuff out of the ground whenever they wants and do with it whatever they want. that s one way. on the other side, i would advocate for a generally very high price of oil and gas, and that won t make consumers very happy, but the truth is, when oil and gas is high, you make renewables a lot more competitive in the market, you know, they become relatively cheaper compared to oil and gas, and you start to get some of the capital investments towards these products that you don t normally get otherwise. so there s a lot of things we can do, but of course there s political things that stop us from doing that. all right. well, we have to keep trying, and i appreciate your 15 years dedicating your life of trying to get this conversation in the main streak because, you know, as long as we are dependent on this oil, we ll keep going through these economic problems or challenges, a lot of people who have nothing to do
Rising gas prices are driving plenty of cringeworthy moments when filling up your tank. But for people who are drivers for ride-sharing companies like Uber and Lyft, the pain at the pump cuts much deeper.