As the sole caregiver for his aging father, Kuljeet Singh says he needs a job with flexible hours.
He began working as an Uber driver in 2020 but with inflation and the rising cost of living, Singh says he is struggling to make ends meet, despite working 12-hour days, seven days a week.
“If you deduct all the depreciations, all the gas expenses, all the repairs. My income was like only $33,000,” Singh said. “Uber drivers, Lyft drivers, they are humans. We are not machines.”
Kuljeet Singh says most ride-hail and food delivery companies take about half of every fare. (Janella Hamilton/CBC News)
Singh is among a group of gig workers in B.C. who say
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