The Pandemic and the Delivery Workers

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The pandemic changed things in a couple ways. There was more work, and the routes got longer. The few restaurants that should have let them use their rest room before close their doors. And robberies, especially recently, because they're riding around inour two thousand dollar vehicles,. They've become a target for thieves who will often violently attack them for their bikes.

A third of American workers do gig work. In the third part of our series, The Future of Work, learn how the pandemic helped them discover their power.

Today’s show was produced by Will Reid, edited by Jillian Weinberger, engineered by Efim Shapiro, fact-checked by Laura Bullard and hosted by Sean Rameswaram.

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