Taxi Wars Reading List
Articles:
“Remembering the five New York City drivers who have taken their own lives in the past six months is at the heart of a struggle against the app-based companies responsible for the worsening conditions all drivers endure”
Yellow cabbies losing homes, sleep over lost value of TLC medallions
Michelle Charlesworth
A Driver’s Suicide Reveals the Dark Side of the Gig Economy
Ginia Bellafante
“Ride-share contractors say minimum-wage pay isn’t the norm in New York, but making a living is still no drive in the park”
Uber Drivers Speak Out on That MIT Hourly Pay Study
By Jaime N Christley
Suicide Rates are Up 30 Percent Since 1999, CDC Says
By Maggie Fox
“Only half of people who died by suicide had diagnosed mental health conditions.”