Peter Thiel is full of contradictions—a libertarian who founded a company that aids government surveillance, a critic of tech who supports Facebook’s mission for world domination, and a defender of free speech who helped to kill a media outlet.
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Chicago Public Schools Turn to Uber, Lyft as Bus Drivers Resign Over Vaccine Mandate
Chicago Public Schools Turn to Uber, Lyft as Bus Drivers Resign Over Vaccine Mandate
As for the CPS mandate to have bus drivers vaccinated, neither Uber or Lyft has such a mandate. The Sun-Times is reporting “the same CPS requirement that officials said led to the bus driver resignations would likely also apply to the rideshare drivers as third-party contractors.”
Corporate America’s deal with the Devil
Corporate America’s deal with the Devil
I suspect that when those people read about a bunch of multinational CEOs getting together to throw around their political weight, a good chunk of them would likely think something along the lines of: “It’s true! There is a cabal of wealthy and powerful people running the country and they have influence that I don’t. They are the ones thwarting democracy.”
Sadly, they wouldn’t be delusional to think so. Anyone with a pulse knows that in the US today the system is rigged in favour of the wealthy and powerful. One particularly illuminating paper published this month by the Institute for New Economic Thinking quantifies the problem. Building on a persuasive 2014 data set, it shows that when opinion shifts among the wealthiest top 10 per cent of the US population, changes in policy become far more likely.
Uber and the Growing Invisibility of Labor
Uber and the Growing Invisibility of Labor – National Justice
— Read on national-justice.com/uber-and-growing-invisibility-labor
Good way to hire undocumented immigrants; contract employment or under the table.
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