Uber's sick pay policy for drivers has changed several times amid the pandemic, excluding some who need it the most and increasing the documentation required
The pandemic makes clear that Uber sees its own well-being as divergent from that of its workers. Tweets: @vice , @vicelife , @bigblackjacobin , @bigblackjacobin , @gigworkersrise , and @vice Tweets: @vice : The pandemic makes clear that Uber sees its own well-being as divergent from that of its workers. https://www.vice.com/... Vice Life / @vicelife : While Uber's new policy expands coverage, it again adds new restrictions that might hurt its drivers. https://www.vice.com/... Edward Ongweso Jr / @bigblackjacobin : I wrote about how Uber's sick paid leave policy has changed so many times and helped so few people that it's better understood as a PR stunt than a serious attempt to protect drivers. https://www.vice.com/... Edward Ongweso Jr / @bigblackjacobin : Uber has paid 1400 drivers sick pay. It has 2 million US drivers. Tens of thousands of full-time drivers in NY & CA alone. Uber's sick paid leave program is meant to distract us from its plans to profit from the coronavirus pandemic. https://www.vice.com/... Gig Workers Rising / @gigworkersrise : “Instead of helping its workers through this pandemic, Uber's real coronavirus response is to try and make permanent its refusal to properly classify and compensate its app-based employees.” https://www.vice.com/... via @bigblackjacobin @vice : “No masks or dividers, but we got an email wishing us luck in staying safe.” https://www.vice.com/...