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platform cooperatives

Drivers Coop investment drive

photos of a mobile phone showing the Uber app and one showing the Drivers Coop app

The NYC-based cooperative that offers a driver-owned economically equitable alternative to Uber and Lyft has launched a crowd investment campaign on the WeFunder platform. Their goal is $1m and are over half way there.

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Worker-owned co-ops are coming for the digital gig economy

Platform Cooperative Development Kit sketch.

Platform cooperatives, platforms owned stakeholders, are gaining momentum as an alternative to predatory platforms like Uber and TaskRabbit.

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