What helps deactivated Uber and Lyft drivers? Here’s what happened in Seattle.

When gig workers get deactivated, or “digitally fired,” most of them can get reactivated when a third party gets involved, a new study finds.

Eighty percent of Seattle ride-hailing drivers who were kicked off Uber and Lyft in the past couple of years were allowed back on the apps after being represented by a Driver Resolution Center first established under a city ordinance, according to University of Washington researchers, who also concluded that racial bias can play a role in deactivations.

Deactivations…