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The thank-you banners are down, but New York City residents have a real opportunity to show their appreciation for a population of low-paid, primarily immigrant frontline workers. New York City residents can help now by ditching Uber and Lyft for a competing driver-owned alternative app called “Co-op Ride,” created by the mostly volunteer-run Drivers Cooperative. If Co-op’s proposal plays out, drivers could make more money while their passengers, particularly those in underserved communities, could end up paying less for rides. ....
A Worker-Owned Cooperative Tries to Compete With Uber and Lyft About 2,500 drivers in New York are organizing to create what they say is a better deal for drivers than what the ride-hailing giants offer. Members of the Drivers Cooperative in Queens. The group intends to take a smaller commission than Uber or Lyft and charge riders a lower fare.Credit.Adam Whyte for The New York Times May 28, 2021Updated 2:35 p.m. ET For years, Uber and other ride-hailing companies offered the promise of entrepreneurship to drivers. Drivers who were eager to set their own schedules signed up in droves, propelling the gig economy into a multibillion-dollar industry. ....
Revenge: Spectrum Workers on Strike Build Their Own ISP Photo: Drew Angerer (Getty Images) If, for any number of reasons, you’d like to burn telecoms to the ground and build a new internet service provider on their smoldering remains, good news for you. New York City Spectrum workers, who’ve weathered an anguishing four-year strike, have built their own internet service provider. If the city throws its support behind it, People’s Choice Communications could liberate New Yorkers from cable gangsters once and for all. Advertisement The city itself is almost constantly fighting Spectrum. With its rise to dominance in New York, Gov. Andrew ....