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Major corporations speaking out, and sometimes voting with their pocketbooks, against Georgia’s new election law is the latest example of a growing rift between the Republican Party and its traditional support base in the business community.
Big businesses are no longer seen as reliable allies on conservative policy priorities that do not protect their bottom lines, party operatives say. Now, some Republicans are considering policies that will punish corporations ranging from Big Tech to so-called “woke capitalists.”
The split was heightened under former President Donald Trump, who supported higher tariffs and trade policies that were heavily opposed by big business. Georgia’s new election law was passed after Trump narrowly lost the state to President Joe Biden.
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Uber grants UK drivers worker status in world first
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UK drivers worker status, with benefits including a minimum wage a world
first for the US ride-hailing giant.
Weeks after a top court ruling that could shake up Britain’s wider “gig
economy” of 5.5 million people, Uber said its drivers would also get holiday
pay and a pension.
before Britain’s Supreme Court that its drivers were self-employed.
From Wednesday, “more than 70,000 drivers in the UK will be treated as
workers, earning at least the national living wage when driving with Uber,”
the taxi app said in a statement.
“This is a floor and not a ceiling, with drivers able to earn more.”
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Uber on Tuesday said it is granting its UK drivers worker status, with benefits including a minimum wage a world first for the US ride-hailing giant.
Weeks after a top court ruling that could shake up Britain’s wider “gig economy” of 5.5 million people, Uber said its drivers would also get holiday pay and a pension.
It is a massive change in the business model of a company that had argued before Britain’s Supreme Court that its drivers were self-employed.
From Wednesday, “more than 70,000 drivers in the UK will be treated as workers, earning at least the national living wage when driving with Uber,” the taxi app said in a statement.
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