Working Washington issues the following statement in response to Instacart’s attempt to block delivery workers from receiving $2.50 in hazard pay per delivery:
"It must have been pretty expensive to pay a bunch of lawyers to dream up these absurd arguments but apparently the company has money to burn — the coronavirus pandemic has made Instacart's CEO a billionaire and goosed the company's value up to $14 billion. Meanwhile, the people taking on the risk of essential work during a global pandemic are getting paid less than the minimum wage after expenses. That's why hazard pay is popular, necessary, appropriate, perfectly legal, and bound to expand from Seattle across the country."