Tag Archives: DoorDash (Mobile App)

The New York Times 3:15 pm on November 13, 2020
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DoorDash Reveals I.P.O. Filing

The company’s performance renewed questions about whether “gig economy” businesses can turn a profit.

#company-reports, #delivery-services, #doordash-mobile-app, #food, #freelancing-self-employment-and-independent-contracting, #initial-public-offerings, #restaurants, #venture-capital, #xu-tony

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The New York Times 10:00 am on November 13, 2020
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Prop 22 in California Is a Bad D

A voter-approved measure strips them of basic protections enjoyed by employees in other businesses.

#automobiles, #california, #doordash-mobile-app, #freelancing-self-employment-and-independent-contracting, #instacart, #labor-and-jobs, #lyft-inc, #referendums, #uber-technologies-inc

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The New York Times 12:04 am on November 7, 2020
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Why California’s Prop 22 Puts Our Labor Laws in Danger

The gig companies wrote new labor laws that are almost impossible to change.

#doordash-mobile-app, #employee-fringe-benefits, #freelancing-self-employment-and-independent-contracting, #labor-and-jobs, #lyft-inc, #postmates-inc, #referendums, #uber-technologies-inc, #wages-and-salaries

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The New York Times 8:24 am on November 4, 2020
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Uber and Lyft Drivers in California Will Remain Independent

The victory of Proposition 22, the most expensive initiative in the state’s history, could help gig companies remake labor laws throughout the country.

#car-services-and-livery-cabs, #delivery-services, #doordash-mobile-app, #freelancing-self-employment-and-independent-contracting, #gonzalez-lorena-1971, #herrera-dennis-j, #law-and-legislation, #lyft-inc, #proposition-22, #referendums, #suits-and-litigation-civil, #uber-technologies-inc, #wages-and-salaries

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The New York Times 9:00 am on October 23, 2020
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It’s a Ballot Fight for Survival for Gig Companies Like Uber

A group that also includes Lyft and DoorDash has spent nearly $200 million to support a California proposition that could save them from a new labor law.

#california, #car-services-and-livery-cabs, #doordash-mobile-app, #employee-fringe-benefits, #freelancing-self-employment-and-independent-contracting, #instacart, #khosrowshahi-dara, #labor-and-jobs, #lyft-inc, #mobile-applications, #political-advertising, #postmates-inc, #uber-technologies-inc, #workplace-hazards-and-violations

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The New York Times 12:02 am on October 13, 2020
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California, Reject Prop 22

Gig workers deserve the dignity of fair compensation.

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The New York Times 5:00 pm on August 31, 2020
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A Local Alternative to the Big Delivery Apps, in Los Angeles

Modeled after food delivery services in Seoul, a tiny Koreatown business keeps neighborhood restaurants running through the pandemic.

#delivery-services, #doordash-mobile-app, #grubhub-inc, #jung-vivian, #korean-food-cuisine, #korean-americans, #los-angeles-calif, #mobile-applications, #postmates-inc, #quarantine-life-and-culture, #restaurants, #runningman-delivery-friends-inc, #uber-eats

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The New York Times 2:00 am on July 10, 2020
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NJ Flood Dragged Her Into a Tunnel. Miraculously, She Survived.

“I’m going to die here, I don’t want to keep trying,” recalled Nathalia Bruno, a food deliverer in New Jersey. “But then I saw a flash of light.”

#automobiles, #bruno-nathalia, #clifton-nj, #delivery-services, #doordash-mobile-app, #floods, #passaic-nj, #passaic-river-nj, #rain

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The New York Times 6:00 pm on June 27, 2020
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Uber Rides Cost More? OK

Many gig-based business models help customers take advantage of workers. Let’s stop giving tech companies a free ride.

#car-services-and-livery-cabs, #doordash-mobile-app, #employee-fringe-benefits, #freelancing-self-employment-and-independent-contracting, #herrera-dennis-j, #instacart, #labor-and-jobs, #law-and-legislation, #lyft-inc, #minimum-wage, #uber-technologies-inc, #wages-and-salaries, #workplace-hazards-and-violations

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The New York Times 10:21 pm on June 10, 2020
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Just Eat Takeaway to Acquire Grubhub for $7.3 Billion

The Dutch food delivery company beat out Uber to buy Grubhub, whose chief executive will oversee operations in North America.

#antitrust-laws-and-competition-issues, #coronavirus-2019-ncov, #delivery-services, #doordash-mobile-app, #groen-jitse, #grubhub-inc, #just-eat-takeaway-com, #mergers-acquisitions-and-divestitures, #uber-eats, #uber-technologies-inc

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The New York Times 9:00 am on June 9, 2020
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As Diners Flock to Delivery Apps, Restaurants Fear for Their Future

While the apps say they are saving them in the pandemic, many restaurateurs say the opposite.

#car-services-and-livery-cabs, #coronavirus-2019-ncov, #delivery-services, #doordash-mobile-app, #favor-delivery-neighborfavor-inc, #grubhub-inc, #maloney-matt-m-1975, #prices-fares-fees-and-rates, #quarantine-life-and-culture, #restaurants, #shutdowns-institutional, #uber-eats

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The New York Times 11:47 am on May 19, 2020
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Jesus, the Beatles and … Masa Son?

The SoftBank chief made some eye-opening arguments to justify his company’s poor investment performance.

#coronavirus-2019-ncov, #delivery-services, #doordash-mobile-app, #grubhub-inc, #mergers-acquisitions-and-divestitures, #mnuchin-steven-t, #powell-jerome-h, #softbank-corporation, #son-masayoshi, #ubereats, #united-states-economy, #united-states-politics-and-government

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The New York Times 7:04 pm on May 5, 2020
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This Food Delivery Worker Won’t Let Coronavirus Get in Her Way

D’Shea Grant’s deliveries take longer than they used to. Her customers are on edge. The pandemic has made everything more complicated. But she keeps at it anyway.

#coronavirus-2019-ncov, #delivery-services, #doordash-mobile-app, #food

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The New York Times 11:32 pm on March 19, 2020
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The Delivery Workers Who Risk Their Health to Bring You Food

Demand for home delivery is rising, and New Yorkers barricaded in their homes are leaning more and more on a largely immigrant work force.

#amazon-com-inc, #bicycles-and-bicycling, #caviar-munch-on-me-inc, #coronavirus-2019-ncov, #delivery-services, #doordash-mobile-app, #food, #instacart, #labor-and-jobs, #new-york-city, #restaurants, #rodriguez-ydanis, #uber-eats

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The New York Times 9:00 am on March 18, 2020
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Pandemic Erodes Gig Economy Work

Gig companies promoted their flexible hours as an economic lifeline for workers. In the coronavirus outbreak, it has been anything but.

#car-services-and-livery-cabs, #coronavirus-2019-ncov, #corporate-social-responsibility, #delivery-services, #doordash-mobile-app, #freelancing-self-employment-and-independent-contracting, #health-insurance-and-managed-care, #just-eat-plc, #lyft-inc, #mobile-applications, #paid-time-off, #uber-technologies-inc, #wages-and-salaries

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