Gig Workers Struggle To Get Financial Help During Pandemic
Gig companies like Instacart and Uber promise financial assistance to workers affected by the coronavirus. But some workers are finding it hard to get that aid.
by Shannon Bond
Apr 05, 2020
2 minutes
April McGhee and her teenage daughter started feeling sick last month. They had coughs, sore throats and fevers. Her daughter's condition became so bad that they went to the emergency room.
"She had it worse than I did," McGhee said. "Her cough lasted longer. It was really a concern. ... It was like a dry, nonproductive, hacking cough."
McGhee, who lives in Sacramento, wanted both of them to
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