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Uber Eats undercover: Delivering your food for $1.74 an hour (www.thestar.com)

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[–] rational_lib@lemmy.world 1 points 6 days ago (1 children)

Many of the food couriers I worked alongside were young international students struggling to earn an income while they make their way through school. Others were refugees or undocumented workers, navigating precarious lives.

I honestly wonder if pretty much all of the surge in illegal immigration over the last 5 or 6 years comes down to Uber Eats.

[–] theonlytruescotsman@sh.itjust.works 5 points 6 days ago

Given you need proof of residence, proof of registration and insurance, and a valid driver's license (and valid itn or SSN) to do it, the article writer is either entirely making that part up, or the far right is correct in the absolute ridiculously improbably widespread unreported, unnoticed identity theft required for that to work.