Walmart offered to pay Spark drivers as little as 52 cents per order after a 'temporary' app issue

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Walmart Spark drivers say pay has declined from highs early in the pandemic.

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Lyft says it's going to give some of its drivers a pay bump

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Lyft announced that it would guarantee drivers get at least 70% of what riders pay, after fees.

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Amazon delivery worker out of a job after he's accused of trying to steal a customer's puppy

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An Amazon delivery driver in Georgia reportedly tried to steal a customer's dog.

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Meet a single mom who quit driving for Uber and Lyft after she made $103,000 in 2022 but only took home $19,000

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Genesis said she quit gig driving to pursue a career in the entertainment industry.

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I'm a gig worker who argued for Seattle's new minimum pay laws. Now, I'm fighting for my Instacart job.

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A woman wears sunglasses and a face mask while loading plastic bags full of groceries into the trunk of a car.
Instacart cut the minimum base pay that its gig-worker delivery drivers are paid, and many say the lower pay is making it harder to earn money on the app.

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Walmart's facial ID tool to combat fraudulent Spark delivery drivers is kicking legitimate workers off the app

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A customer in the parking lot of a Walmart store

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Gig driving was a glimmer of hope for many people with disabilities — but for some, it's a dead end.

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Instacart wants to turn grocery shopping into 'Pokémon GO' to get you to buy more using smart carts

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The screen of an Instacart Caper cart shows cleaning products that a customer can purchase, as well as two items already in the customer's cart. A smartphone sits in a holder to the left of the screen.

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A Gen Xer with paralysis says he has no choice but to drive for Uber and Lyft to earn a paycheck — here's how he makes it work

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lyft driver
Robert, 56, has no other option but to keep driving for Lyft and Uber.

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A millennial who quit teaching to be a full-time Uber and Lyft driver made $36,000 in 8 months — but thinks it's better as a part-time gig

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Aaron Lavender
Aaron Lavender quit teaching to drive full-time for Uber and Lyft, but he said driving was better as a part-time gig.

Aaron Lavender

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