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Report

7 Apr 2022

Author:
Gig Workers Rising

Gig Workers Rising report documents gig workers killed while working & highlights safety concerns

"Death and Corporate Irresponsibility in the Gig Economy: An Urgent Safety Crisis" Apr. 2022

Corporations like Uber, Lyft, DoorDash and Instacart have transformed transportation and meal delivery, but have done so by exploiting their workers on the job. Their growth-at-all-costs model has repeatedly failed to address the most tragic human cost of their business: loss of life.

... [O]ur research found that over 50 gig workers have been murdered on the job since 2017 in just the United States. The true number is likely to be much greater as gig corporations don’t regularly disclose the number of homicides that occur for people working using their app.

... This report presents an in depth look at the urgent gig worker safety crisis and the corporate irresponsibility that has not only permitted it, but also produced it. It also highlights workers and families who are organizing to fight back.

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