DoorDash has spent more than $1 million since January lobbying to repeal Seattle's minimum wage law for app-based delivery drivers, according to city records.
Why it matters: The minimum wage ordinance has been a topic of intense debate since it took effect in January, with DoorDash and UberEats responding with new fees that some restaurants and drivers say have caused them to lose business.
The other side: Hannah Sabio-Howell, a spokesperson for Working Washington, doubts whether DoorDash needs to charge the new fees, given that it is "spending millions on lobbying and reporting record-breaking quarterly revenue this year," she wrote in an email to Axios.
Sabio-Howell added that "raising wages for low-wage workers is common sense economic policy."
What we're watching: Whether the council takes up amendments to the gig worker minimum wage ordinance again in the fall.
