(Source: https://www.guelphtoday.com/local-news/new-co-op-delivery-app-coming-to-guelph-to-take-on-skip-the-dishes-and-uber-eats-3899828) Direct Local Eats is expected to launch in Guelph next month, offering a lower service fee to restaurants and allowing drivers to keep 90 per cent of the delivery chargeBy: Kenneth Armstrong Stock photo.Pexels A new food delivery service that will compete with Uber Eats and Skip the Dishes preparing to launch in Guelph […]

TORONTO, May 4, 2021 — Following the launch of the Caravan of Courage in Toronto, New York, Los Angeles and San Francisco, uniting all small business owners and gig workers through the Direct Initiative’s Local Driver Co-op and Direct Co-ops, Direct Global received an official letter of support from the United Nations’ Social Development Program. […]

The Caravan of Courage will see hundreds of drivers in Toronto, New York, Los Angeles and San Francisco get behind the wheel to promote co-op memberships (https://apnews.com/press-release/pr-newswire/north-america-canada-48a2c322c59e01348841140361dfbee7) TORONTO – On Thursday, April 29, 2021 Direct Global/Direct Co-ops will host the Caravan of Courage, an initiative to generate awareness around the Direct Initiative that aims to empower small and medium-sized […]

(Source: https://www.nj.com/opinion/2020/03/uber-and-lyft-are-pushing-drivers-into-poverty-opinion.html?fbclid=IwAR0bsqxA8VLiX7QJWXepXqKpOISnT9CfJbU19ayAaQhNl_URGoM5gXQ8YrI) By Edward Escobar Uber has a lucrative business model, but it has one problem: It relies on pushing its drivers into poverty. The courts are still skeptical — however politicians are experiencing an awakening to the reality of the impact of the gig economy on the workforce, as corporations, specifically the Silicon Valley […]