Welcome to the Drive Forward Blog! Here you will find all of our post on news and issues affecting our members, gig-workers, and the gig-economy.
New App-Based Workers Laws in Seattle
If you access your work on a delivery app like DoorDash, Instacart, or UberEats or in some cases via online marketplace apps like Rover.com and TaskRabbit.com new laws in the City of Seattle take effect on Saturday Jan 13. These new laws include a right to a minimum...
October 2023 Newsletter
Electric Vehicles: The Future of App-Based Work?
Globally the share of Electric Vehicles, EVs for short, in new car sales has risen from 4% in 2020 to 14% in 2022, tripling in two years, according to the International Energy Agency. Already in the first quarter of 2023 EV sales are up 25% compared to the same period...
Drive Forward Podcast: Episode 1
Welcome to the first full episode of the Drive Forward Podcast. We had the opportunity to meet with Alisa Clinton the Assistant Manager at the Uber-Hertz car rental facility and ask her some questions about the process of renting a vehicle through Hertz to drive fo...
Welcome to the Drive Forward Podcast
Welcome to the Drive Forward Podcast. Hosted by James, Drive Forward is begining a podcast! We'll be striving to publish new episodes every two weeks. Each episode will cover a topic of interest to our members and app-based contractors. These will include...