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Despite no state or federal vaccine mandate, many drivers are fully inoculated.

The surge in fuel prices across the U.S. over the past year has hit poorer Americans the most, a report published Thursday details.

Unless you’ve spent the last twelve months locked inside your home, then you’re probably dreading the next trip to the gas station. The average price for a gallon of 87 octanes has reached $3.40 in the United States. That’s about 50 percent steeper than it was at the start of 2021 and undoubtedly more than […]

Steph Solis/masslive.com (TNS) — Massachusetts is the latest battleground for the question dividing large app-based companies and some of their drivers: Are those drivers employees, who are entitled to health care, unemployment insurance and other benefits, or contractors? Labor leaders, racial justice advocates and a handful of drivers who rallied outside of the State House Tuesday morning argue the drivers should be seen as employees with benefits and all. “We will be seen. Our voices will be heard, and we are here to take on the gig economy and fight...

'They’re going to try to do here what they did in California': A potential gig worker ballot fight is looming in Massachusetts Boston.com 11 hrs ago Nik DeCosta-Klipa © Jeenah Moon / The New York Times FILE -- A car bears the signage of the Uber and Lyft ride-sharing services in New York on Dec. 5, 2019. A group of Uber and Lyft drivers, along with an advocacy group called the New York Taxi Workers Alliance, have filed a complaint in federal court against Gov. Andrew Cuomo of New York and the state’s Department of Labor, saying the state illegally failed to pay unempl...