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Nelson Continues to Rush Through Gig Worker Sub-Minimum Wage Proposal Despite New Reporting About App Corporations’ Manipulation and the Need for Consumer and Courier Protection
Proposed Seattle gig worker ordinance would eliminate minimum wage for delivery workers and hope the benefits trickle down Nelson’s proposal would slash pay, reduce transparency, and effectively eliminate flexibility protections while doing nothing to address excessive fees or the availability of jobs for bike delivery workers After a three-month big-dollar lobbying campaign by DoorDash and […]
April 1, 2024: The Seattle Council has been considering a rollback of gig workers’ rights to a minimum wage, but that all changed when they signed up to be Dashers. After dealing with the hazards that come with being a delivery driver, and seeing how much less than “$26.40/hour” their pay shakes out to be, […]
“The Seattle City Council is trying to cut low-wage workers’ pay. The council is about to tell tens of thousands of workers in our city that, actually, they don’t deserve the right to minimum wage after all. They’re poised to take money out of the pockets of workers and put it into the profits of […]
The Seattle Times has confirmed that the Seattle City Council is getting ready to CUT gig worker pay by repealing the #PayUp minimum wage law. For the last two months, app corporations have done everything they can to keep workers from making minimum wage, including piling on massive new fees to squeeze local businesses, customers, […]
DoorDash put out an ever-so-helpful blog post yesterday aimed at customers on a budget. Stretch your dollar! Master the art of budgeting! Pinch pennies while our app executives point at you and laugh! DoorDash cites polling data saying that 71% of voters think inflation and prices increases are here to stay, but the company sidesteps […]
Gig workers in Seattle and beyond came together to fight for minimum wage because gig companies have shown since the beginning that they can’t be trusted to pay workers fairly. And after nearly two months of tracking the retaliatory efforts of corporations like DoorDash and Instacart against Seattle’s minimum wage ordinance, we’ve seen how far […]
Last week, we gathered at Pike Place Market for a visual demonstration of the importance of fair pay for all workers — and how the app corporations’ retaliation with fees makes the megacorps look as greedy and out of touch as they are. Mr. Moneybags himself came through to make a compelling case on behalf […]
Gig workers finally won the right to a minimum wage – help us defend that right! Gig workers in Seattle are holding the line on our minimum wage victory and we urgently need your help. Research showed that 92% of gig delivery jobs in Seattle paid less than half of the city’s current minimum wage […]