| When Covid-19 hit, demand for home delivery soared, with many ride-hailing service drivers pivoting to transporting food instead of passengers. Legions of gig workers were hailed as "essential workers" for feeding families while also helping restaurants stay open. But the promise of instant gratification on apps like DoorDash and Uber Eats came at the expense of those delivery workers, who reported personal safety, restroom access and poor pay transparency as some of the major problems they faced on the job, according to new research from Georgetown University. "It's a very bad job if you are not prepared to fight," one worker told researchers. Contributor Mimi Kirk reports today on CityLab: The Precarious Professional Lives of the Instant Delivery Workforce — Immanual John Milton Higher Costs Put Hospitals at Risk of More Cuts, Group Says
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