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The strike call is the first since Uber and Lyft went public in 2019. Drivers will picket outside airports and Uber offices, two groups said
Thousands of drivers for ride-sharing platforms Uber, Lyft and food delivery app DoorDash will strike across the United States on Valentine’s Day seeking fair pay, drivers’ groups said on Monday. The strike call is the first since Uber and Lyft went public in 2019. Drivers will picket outside airports and Uber offices, two of the groups said.
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Employees of Monroe Street Bakery. Two bakers and three delivery drivers posed in uniform in photographer's studio. Handwritten on mat back: "Monroe St. - bakers. Mr. Newhouses, 131 Moran St. 200." Mat and photograph front marked.
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Her company, Wahu!, assembles each bike by hand in Accra, Ghana, and they can travel up to 80 miles on a single charge.
"A Ghanaian-English entrepreneur has designed an electric bike from the ground up that’s transforming short-range transportation in her home country, proving that problem-solving in Africa can be done in Africa, by Africans.
[Valerie Labi's] company, Wahu!, assembles each bike by hand, and they can travel up to 80 miles [128 kilometers] on a single charge. This means that a delivery rider for Glovo or Bolt can comfortably cover a whole day’s work without refueling.
Anyone who’s visited Accra, Ghana, in the dry season will remember the incredibly poor air quality. Poor roads mean that cars are stuck in second and third gears, and old cars traveling in second and third gears mean plenty of extra car exhaust.
Poor roads also mean exposed dirt, and exposed dirt means fine-grained dust. Combined with a lack of rain, the smog, dust, and car exhaust make the air in parts of the capital unfit for human health.
Wahu! bikes help alleviate all three of these problems, and despite her English nativity [Note: Super weird and unclear way to phrase it?] and education, the bikes were designed and manufactured in Spintex, Accra.
“By introducing electric bikes into Ghana’s transportation ecosystem, we’re not only providing a greener alternative but also offering speed and convenience,” Labi told The Mirror. “Our bikes are a testament to how service delivery can be seamlessly merged with environmental conservation.”
Valerie Labi is a true inspiration, and besides her transportation company, she got her start in the Ghanaian economy in sanitation. She holds a chieftaincy title as Gundugu Sabtanaa, given to her by the previous Chief of the Dagbon traditional area in the Northern Region of Ghana. She has three children, holds a double major in Economics and Sustainability from two separate universities, and has visited 59 countries.
Getting her start in Northern Ghana, she founded the social enterprise Sama Sama, a mobile toilet and sanitation company that now boasts 300,000 clients.
During her travels around the small, densely populated country, she also recognized that transportation was not only a problem, but offered real potential for eco-friendly solutions.
“It took us two years to effectively design a bike that we thought was fit for the African road, then we connected with Jumia and other delivery companies to get started,” she told The Mirror. “Currently, I have over 100 bikes in circulation and we give the bikes on a ‘work and pay’ basis directly to delivery riders.”
According to Labi, each driver pays about 300 Ghana cedis, or about $24.00, per week to use the bike, which can travel 24 miles per hour, and hold over 300 pounds of weight. The fat tires are supported by double-crown front/double-spring rear suspension.
The bikes are also guaranteed by the company’s proprietary anti-theft system of trackers. Only a single bike has been stolen, and it was quickly located and returned to the owner."
-via Good News Network, January 24, 2024
I don’t know who needs to hear this, but Doordash, Instacart, and similar services are disability services, and if you choose (because it is a choice) to become a delivery driver, you are expected to accommodate for a wide variety a needs, which (and I can’t believe I have to say this) includes entering apartment buildings and walking up stairs.
The customer is not obligated to accommodate you; you are obligated to accommodate them.
Trying to earn a lot of money this week. So if I don't post a lot on here, that means Big Cat and I are doing well 👍
My mom and I have gotten so invested in keeping up my tradition of feeding our local wildlife that she's started leaving out a free snack stand FOR DELIVERY DRIVERS
SERIOUSLY! LOOK AT HOW COOL THIS IS!
The sign says "For Delivery Staff - Water & Snacks. Thank you for what you do!"
It all started with me using my disability money to buy a bird feeder to put outside my window, both to entertain my cat and to help draw wildlife in general back into the area around my house. I became even more fixated on keeping my local wildlife - birds especially - fed when I found that there were a few Evening Grosbeaks feeding their chicks primarily from my feeders nesting in a nearby thicket. They're a threatened species and it feels good to have had a small hand in helping a new generation of them survive to adulthood. (For those who know about Dad Banana and Baby - both are doing great and still visiting every day.)
Now, with the severe heatwave we have hitting the Pacific Northwest, my mom put her own "feeder" out for our local delivery drivers, especially anyone that drives for Amazon. She bought snack-sized boxes of doritos, kettle chips, granola bars (with the boxes and their ingredients visible for anyone that may have a food allergy), and a little cooler full of bottles of water, soda, and iced teas to take freely.
Motion to refer to food delivery drivers as food fairies that drop food at your door. All in favor reblog. 😝🥰
