#RestOfWorld has been doing an amazing job covering the #GigEconomy around the world, producing journalism that reads like #dystopian #SciFi fiction.
"Iqbal is a self-employed gig worker who works across multiple ride-hailing apps, including Careem, Bykea, and inDrive. As he set off for his first job that day, the city was covered in a thick, poisonous smog. He drove through visible specks of reddish dust and other particulate matter, breathing through his muffler and trying to ignore the metallic, almost sulfurous stench permeating his nostrils."
restofworld.org/2024/riders-in-the-smog-gig-workers-pollution/
#GigWorkers #pollution #SouthAsia
"Iqbal is a self-employed gig worker who works across multiple ride-hailing apps, including Careem, Bykea, and inDrive. As he set off for his first job that day, the city was covered in a thick, poisonous smog. He drove through visible specks of reddish dust and other particulate matter, breathing through his muffler and trying to ignore the metallic, almost sulfurous stench permeating his nostrils."
restofworld.org/2024/riders-in-the-smog-gig-workers-pollution/
#GigWorkers #pollution #SouthAsia