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NEW YORK (AP) — Once again, U.S. labor unions are flexing their muscles in the national spotlight. In Hollywood, the actors union reached a tentative deal with major studios late Wednesday to end a months-long strike. UNION RATES HAVE BEEN FALLING FOR DECADES. Only 6% of U.S. private-sector workers belong to unions today, a sliver of the 35% that were union members in 1953. That means that what worked in auto workers' labor campaign, for example, may not look the same or be possible in other industries.

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“I was like, ‘If a podcast can help do that, I’m going to do that,’” McDonald says. She launched “ Juicy Scoop with Heather McDonald ” in 2015. There are exclusive “Juicy Scoop” episodes available via subscription through Patreon for options ranging from $5 to $50 per month. On “Juicy Scoop,” he's charming and funny. Pratt said people approach him now to bring up his “Juicy Scoop” appearances.

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☆ A 77-year-old Uber driver in Florida said she's struggling to make ends meet as rides become harder to get
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-09 | by ( Noah Sheidlower | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

A 77-year-old Uber driver said she's struggling to earn enough to supplement her Social Security. download the app Email address Sign up By clicking “Sign Up”, you accept our Terms of Service and Privacy Policy . Some weeks, the amount she's made from rides is less than the cost of gas and car repairs. She wishes she could stop entirely, but she's semi-retired and needs to work at least part-time to supplement her Social Security benefits. Because she drives a smaller car, she can only accept UberX rides, which tend to earn less than UberXL or Uber Black rides.

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☆ U.S. suspends Indo-Pacific talks on key aspects of digital trade -lawmakers
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-08 | by ( David Lawder | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +3 min

The halt comes after the U.S. Trade Representative's office last month reversed longstanding U.S. digital trade demands at the World Trade Organization -- no longer insisting on rules that protect free cross-border data flows and prohibit national requirements for data localization and reviews of software source code. The U.S. Trade Representative's office said it withdrew its position to give Congress room to enact stronger technology regulations. "We thank you for suspending negotiations on aspects of the IPEF digital text that can be used to frustrate privacy, AI, civil rights and liberties, anti-monopoly, gig worker and other digital safeguards that Congress and the administration seek," the lawmakers wrote. People familiar with the talks say that discussions on the digital trade chapter have largely ground to a halt because the U.S. position is now unclear and being reevaluated. A USTR spokesperson declined comment on the IPEF digital talks.

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☆ This is the No. 1 tool for students to get ahead financially, says money coach: It's 'as simple as it sounds'
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-08 | by ( Ryan Ermey | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +1 min

Nia Grant graduated from Clemson University in 2022 with about $30,000 — in her bank account, not in loans. Grant's road to post-grad prosperity started in high school, where she estimates she applied for between 60 and 70 scholarships. She won about a dozen, including awards from the Horatio Alger Foundation, UNCF and the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation. With the cost of her education covered, Grant didn't feel she had to wait until graduation to start building her financial future. Resources vary from school to school, but one is available virtually everywhere and tends to be the most overlooked by students looking to get ahead, she says.

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☆ A millennial Uber and Lyft driver who earned $25,000 last year explains how he makes money when customer tipping is 'nonexistent'
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-08 | by ( Jacob Zinkula | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

Keeping his gas expenses as low as possible and being selective with rides have helped boost his pay. AdvertisementAdvertisementKen, a 36-year-old Uber and Lyft driver in Houston, uses his one-hour commute to work each morning as an opportunity to make some extra money. Last year, he earned a combined $25,000 driving for Uber and Lyft from about 2,000 trips, according to screenshots of earnings documents viewed by Insider. To entice customers to tip, Ken said he keeps his vehicle clean and doesn't push people to have conversations. He said his 2023 Hyundai Elantra is fuel efficient — averaging about 40 miles per gallon — and that this helps keep his gas expenses as low as possible.

Persons: Ken, Uber, —, Lyft, He's Organizations: Service, Hyundai Locations: Texas, Houston

☆ Instacart says most of its retailers charge more through its app than in stores, confirming what gig workers and shoppers have suspected for years
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-08 | by ( Alex Bitter | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Just 425 of the 1,400 retailers that sell through Instacart charge the same prices in-store and on the app. Instacart CEO Fidji Simo said Wednesday that the company encourages retailers to stick to in-store prices. Some customers don't realize that the markups even exist, Instacart shoppers have told Insider. Out of the 1,400 retailers who sell through Instacart, 425 offer the same prices through Instacart, Fidji Simo told analysts during the company's first-ever earnings call. Instacart lets retailers decide how much they charge for products for sale through the app, Simo said.

Persons: Fidji Simo, —, Instacart, Simo Organizations: Service Locations: Instacart, Southern California, Oregon

☆ Can’t Make the Concert? Livestreamers Are Coming to the Rescue.
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-08 | by ( Nell Gallogly | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

More artists got back on the road in 2022, yet still hit pandemic-related snags. Bruce Springsteen, Metallica, Drake, Travis Scott, Ed Sheeran, Morgan Wallen, Maluma and Madonna filled arenas and stadiums. Buying concert tickets, however, has become an increasingly complex and expensive endeavor as costs continue to rise and companies like Ticketmaster and SeatGeek battle bots and scalpers. Fans hoping to attend the year’s hottest tours endured a maze of presale registrations, digital waiting rooms and hourslong queues. Those fortunate enough to reach checkout were met with lofty ticket prices — some because of confusing “dynamic pricing” — and additional fees.

Persons: Covid shutdowns, Taylor Swift, Beyoncé, Bruce Springsteen, Drake, Travis Scott, Ed Sheeran, Morgan Wallen, camerapersons Organizations: Ticketmaster

The Minnesota Vikings and the Las Vegas Raiders are proof that major midseason upheaval doesn't necessarily mean it's time to start aiming for the draft instead of the playoffs. I know what it was like to learn this in three weeks and have to get on the field," Risner said. “I know a lot of nicknames per se, but name names, that’s for this week, that’s the assignment for this week," he said. The Raiders became the first team since 2009 to score fewer than 20 points on offense in each of the first eight games of the season. “So if that’s the case," Gronkowski said, "I think Josh McDaniels comes back as offensive coordinator in New England, that’s for sure.”There'd be no Brady waiting for him this time.

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☆ Walmart, Amazon, and others lost millions of dollars to an organized online refund fraud scheme
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-07 | by ( Dominick Reuter | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Retailers, including Walmart and Amazon, lose millions of dollars to refund fraud schemes. AdvertisementAdvertisementA coordinated refund fraud scheme has cost online retailers like Walmart and Amazon millions, according to Federal prosecutors. If the retailer provided a no-return refund, ARG would take a percentage cut, and the customer would keep the item. Retailers like Amazon, Walmart, and Target sometimes offer no-return refunds when the cost of the return outweighs the value to the seller. 404 Media also found numerous Reddit and Telegram groups openly swapping tips on perpetrating refund fraud, with specific advice for individual retailers.

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☆ How Whitney Wolfe Herd's fateful deal with a Russian mogul deprived early Bumble employees of a stock windfall when she became a billionaire
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-06 | by ( Ben Bergman | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +23 min

I'm fucking done," she told a reporter at Time, who described Wolfe Herd as "blinking back tears" during the interview. "My hands are tied," Wolfe Herd told the audience, according to several people who were in the room. Wolfe Herd once called him her biggest mentor, saying, "He's become my family and one of my best friends." Some early employees said they only found out about the shadow-equity program, and who received it, years later. Based on the current share price, Wolfe Herd is no longer a billionaire, though her fortune still sits at an estimated $627 million.

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☆ Gig economy earnings on deck: Uber, Lyft, Cart report this week
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-06 | by ( ) www.cnbc.com time to read: 1 min

Share Share Article via Facebook Share Article via Twitter Share Article via LinkedIn Share Article via EmailGig economy earnings on deck: Uber, Lyft, Cart report this weekCNBC’s Deirdre Bosa reports on the latest news from Uber, Lyft, and more ahead of earnings reports.

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☆ A Gen Xer gave up gig work with Amazon to become a full-time bus driver. He's nearly doubled his hourly income and loves the benefits.
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-05 | by ( Noah Sheidlower | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

A former Amazon Flex driver said he's making thousands of dollars more as a bus driver in Seattle. He recently quit his gig job with Amazon Flex and started working with King County Metro full-time. While this is mainly concentrated among younger Americans, many Gen Xers and boomers have left the corporate world for more flexible gig work. Making the transition to bus drivingAt Amazon Flex, Timss said he was earning at least $1,000 each week. "Gig work really should be a stepping stone or get you by."

Persons: —, Jason Timss, Timss, Xers, he'd, I'd, He's, he's Organizations: Amazon, Service, Amazon Flex, King County Metro, Seattle, Bureau of Labor Statistics Locations: Seattle

☆ An ad I wrote ended up on billboards all over New York City—I got paid less than you think
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-05 | by ( Gili Malinsky | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +2 min

In 2016, I was a very broke writer living in New York, mostly stitching together a living through side hustles. When I reached out to RSR about forthcoming work, they told me they were working with Manhattan-based storage space company Manhattan Mini Storage on a series of billboards. They wanted quippy slogans connecting outer space and storage space. The turnaround time was so quick and I needed to keep making money — ideally more than $45 at a time. At that point, I had picked up a summer babysitting gig and was walking toward the subway on Manhattan's West Side Highway when I noticed a billboard from Manhattan Mini Storage.

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☆ I am a food delivery and rideshare driver who advocates for thousands of gig workers. I follow these steps to prevent apps from firing me.
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-05 | by ( Nancy Luna | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +8 min

Dozens of gig drivers say they are getting fired from apps like Uber, DoorDash, Lyft, and Uber Eats. AdvertisementAdvertisementFood delivery and rideshare drivers say they are getting booted off apps like Uber and DoorDash in droves. Avedian, a multi-app gig driver who shares his best practices on The Rideshare Guy , said he receives about 1,000 emails each week from gig workers seeking his advice. The 56-year-old former Wall Street broker estimates he has logged about 12,000 trips over eight years driving for DoorDash, Uber, Uber Eats, and Lyft. AdvertisementAdvertisementHe spoke with Insider and shared his best tips for preventing gig drivers from getting fired from apps.

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☆ This 66-year-old has worked at McDonald's for 50 years: ‘I never thought it would be my forever job’
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-05 | by ( Morgan Smith | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +5 min

In the 1970s, the coolest job you could have was flipping burgers at McDonald's. "Believe it or not, you needed to have an in to get a job at McDonald's back then, so my brother, who was working in the kitchen, recommended me for the job," Hendel, 66, tells CNBC Make It. "I never thought it would be my forever job," says Hendel. And he goes, 'Do you think you're good at it?' In 1990, Hendel became the owner/operator of his first McDonald's restaurant in Brooklyn.

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☆ Gen Z is forcing a workplace reckoning that should have happened years ago
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-05 | by ( Tim Paradis | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +7 min

Gen Z, on the heels of the pandemic, is pushing for changes to how we work. Workers across generations are benefitting from some of the questions Gen Z has been asking. AdvertisementAdvertisementThanks, Gen Z. Gen Zers aren't likely to get everything they're asking for — at least not right away. And even workplace jargon — that code for showing you belong because you know how to toss it around — is getting a Gen Z rewrite .

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☆ DoorDash will start surveilling delivery workers' driving with an app that tracks how hard they are braking and accelerating
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-03 | by ( Alex Bitter | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

A new feature on the DoorDash app tracks how often its workers break or accelerate suddenly. The information will be available to dashers through "Driving Insights," the company said Friday. DoorDash said the feature uses the same location data from workers' phones that it already uses for features like navigation. DoorDash has been testing Driving Insights since July in Phoenix and Salt Lake City. The app assigns each driver a score and penalizes them for hard stops, quick acceleration, speeding, and other driving issues.

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☆ DoorDash will start tracking delivery workers' sudden stops and accelerations
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-03 | by ( Alex Bitter | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

A new feature on the DoorDash app tracks how often its workers break or accelerate suddenly. The information will be available to dashers through "Driving Insights," the company said Friday. DoorDash said the feature uses the same location data from workers' phones that it already uses for features like navigation. DoorDash has been testing Driving Insights since July in Phoenix and Salt Lake City. AdvertisementAdvertisementThe features are meant to improve safety for DoorDash workers, Austin Haugen, Vice President of Dasher Product, said in the company's statement announcing the feature changes.

☆ ‘Lawmen: Bass Reeves’ review: David Oyelowo stars in Taylor Sheridan’s latest western with a historical twist
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-03 | by ( Brian Lowry | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +3 min

After bland western prequels to his flagship drama “Yellowstone,” producer Taylor Sheridan finds marginally more fertile territory in “Lawmen: Bass Reeves,” a series that will devote each season to a different frontier lawman or outlaw. Eventually, Bass escapes, hiding out during the remaining days of the Civil War before settling down and trying his hand at farming. Dennis Quaid in "Lawmen: Bass Reeves." In that context, “Bass Reeves” kicks off what Paramount clearly hopes will be an ongoing franchise with a solid if unspectacular opening salvo, without fully doing justice to its intriguing subject. “Lawmen: Bass Reeves” premieres November 5 on Paramount+.

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☆ The Kids of Rutherford County, Episode 3: ‘Would You Like to Sue the Government?’
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-02 | by ( ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +43 min

And it meant going back to the Rutherford County Juvenile Court, going back in front of Judge Davenport. meribah knightAnd more importantly —wes clark I was definitely thinking about how we could sue somebody for what happened. wes clark I just remember being giddy, like a kid, like this sentence, this is fucking bonkers, that this exists. And this is The Kids of Rutherford County, Episode 3: Would You Like to Sue the Government? Even more, Rutherford County would likely continue to jail kids at an extraordinary rate.

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☆ Uber, Lyft to pay $328 million to settle wage-theft allegations in New York state
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-02 | by ( Lauren Feiner | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +4 min

Uber and Lyft agreed to pay a combined $328 million to settle allegations the ride-hailing companies unlawfully withheld wages from drivers and failed to provide mandatory paid sick leave in New York state, Attorney General Letitia James' office said Thursday. Uber will pay $290 million and Lyft will pay $38 million. The state AG's office said it's the largest wage-theft settlement it's won. The companies also agreed to ongoing changes in how they pay drivers and offer benefits in the Empire State. The minimum rate would apply from "dispatch to completion of the ride," according to a press release from the AG's office.

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☆ What you need to know about landing a tech job on Wall Street now, from the hottest roles to the most important skills
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-02 | by ( Bianca Chan | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

Artificial intelligence is breathing new life into Wall Street's tech hiring scene. JPMorgan is hiring the most AI-related roles, with 239 job postings between January and October, according to the data. Plus, the qualities and skills finance firms demand are changing, with some companies prioritizing technologists with business acumen and understanding of financial markets. Here are the hottest positions finance firms want to hireThe AI boom is carving out new, specialized tech jobs on Wall Street. It's common among Wall Street firms to hold data in the cloud, with many are designing new applications where their data is .

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☆ Amazon wanted me to move across the country to return to office. I left $200,000 in unvested stock options on the table when I quit.
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-02 | by ( Katherine Tangalakis-Lippert | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

I was an Amazon software development manager for more than three years. I quit, leaving over $200,000 in unvested stock options on the table rather than return to office. download the app Email address Sign up By clicking “Sign Up”, you accept our Terms of Service and Privacy Policy . Instead, I started my new job, taking a $203,000 pay cut by forfeiting unvested stocks that I'd earned while working at Amazon. But, while they're remote-first, if they ever decided to implement an in-office work policy, I'd find a new gig.

Persons: —, I'd, Brad Glasser, Glasser, We've, we'd, we've Organizations: Service, Amazon Locations: Amazon, Seattle, East Coast, New York

☆ No Tip for Your Delivery Driver? Then Be Prepared to Wait, DoorDash Says.
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-02 | by ( Christine Hauser | More About Christine Hauser | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

The pressure on customers to add a tip, which DoorDash addressed in a statement on Wednesday, was the company’s latest effort to make changes to its app amid concerns about the rights of gig workers and fair pay for delivery people. In June, DoorDash announced it would give delivery drivers the option to be paid an hourly minimum wage, which would vary by region, instead of earning money for each delivery. DoorDash started its tip pilot earlier this year in some cities in the United States and Canada, and might expand it nationwide, the company said. She said that Dashers, the nickname for the independent gig workers who pick up and deliver food and other goods for DoorDash, keep the tips that they make. It is now appearing for randomly chosen users in several cities in the United States and Canada, DoorDash said.

Persons: DoorDash, “, ” Jenn Rosenberg, Dashers, Tipping Locations: United States, Canada

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