Clarification: Gig Drivers-Safety story
May 1, 2023, 10:00 AM | Updated: May 3, 2023, 8:40 am
File - Nevin Overmiller, 78, walks a KFC food delivery to a customer's door while delivering for Uber Eats, Wednesday, Jan 5, 2021, in Palm Harbor, Fla. Attacks which occurred in Florida last month sent ripples of fear among some app-based drivers, who have long demanded better protection from companies whose safety policies they say are bettered geared toward customers than workers. (Douglas R. Clifford/Tampa Bay Times via AP, File)
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(Douglas R. Clifford/Tampa Bay Times via AP, File)
NEW YORK (AP) — In a story published May 1, 2023, The Associated Press reported that gig worker Sedeq Alshujaa spoke through a translator from the Service Employees International Union. The story should have made clear that Alshujaa is a member of California Gig Workers Union.
