(New York) – Gig workers around the world experience long hours, unpredictable and declining pay, and serious safety risks, Human Rights Watch said in a report released today. Governments negotiating ...

Blake Allen, a Conway resident, rushed his dogs Bo and Jack to the emergency vet last Wednesday before dawn after finding a stick-like object lodged between Bo’s snout. Jack, with about a dozen ...

A man in San Jose was hospitalized in serious condition after suffering a medical emergency while trimming a palm tree. Video footage showed the man hanging upside down, 75 feet above the ground. The ...

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App-based gig work is not the flexible, self-directed job it’s cracked up to be, according to a new report from the Community Service Society. The economic security-focused nonprofit’s annual survey ...

Contractors will remove 18 trees from Soundview Forest this month, clearing the park of dead and decaying trees identified by an arborist before the city of Gig Harbor acquired the property in 2018.

Gig workers and the companies that pay them often talk about earnings in hourly terms. That doesn't tell the full story, though. Unlike full-time employees, gig workers often get paid per task. Many ...

A local tree removal company will remove 18 trees from Soundview Forest. The urban forest stand contains about 172 trees, mostly Douglas firs around 100 years old. The park and adjacent parking will ...

A report at MIT Technology Review showcases the kind of work these gig workers are doing, focusing on the work of Zeus, a Nigerian medical student. He makes extra money recording robot training data ...

Painted Tree Boutiques will close all stores, including in North Carolina. The company alerted vendors at more than 60 stores nationwide on Tuesday of plans to cease all business operations. Other ...

Crews are replanting a barren area in Gig Harbor with hundreds of trees and shrubs, restoring greenery removed elsewhere in the city for projects including the Gig Harbor Sports Complex. Hundreds of ...