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More than 1,000 motorcycle taxi drivers in Indonesia for the ride-sharing company GoTo and the ride-hailing and food delivery company Grab have begun a strike. The drivers are calling on the government to grant them a larger percentage of trip revenues and improved employment status. Together, Grab and GoTo have a combined market cap of $18 billion; both call drivers "partners" to avoid legal employment obligations such as minimum wages, limited hours, and social security insurance.Read the…
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The Argentinian startup Nippy offers delivery drivers access to rest stops including free coffee, phone charging stations, and toilets in return for downloading its app and allowing it to sell the data the app collects to partners in insurance, financial services, and telecommunications. The result is to give companies like Mastercard and Movistar insight into gig workers' income in the areas where Nippy operates in Argentina, Mexico, and the Dominican Republic. The services Nippy's rest stops…