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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 […]
SEATTLE — It could soon cost customers even more to order DoorDash in Seattle. The company confirmed on its website that it plans to add a $1.99 charge on certain long-distance orders starting Aug. 1 as it pushes the city council to drop its living wage standard for gig workers. A $1.99 minimum service fee […]
Doordash customers in Seattle will soon pay even higher fees to use the service in the city as the company cites a loss in revenue due to the minimum pay ordinance. Come August 1, get ready to fork out even more for your next DoorDash delivery order. The food delivery giant announced new fees Tuesday, […]
We did the math: in just 6 months, DoorDash has spent $1,522,100 on lobbying to bully the Seattle City Council, Seattle customers, Seattle restaurants, and Seattle workers. With that amount of money, they could’ve not charged 304,420 customers a $5 junk fee, and simply paid workers minimum wage just like every other employer in every other industry has to. The company is trying to extort Seattle (again) while expecting us to believe that these $5 fees and now these additional $1.99 fees are necessary — while spending millions on lobbying and reporting record-breaking quarterly revenue this year.
A chorus of “ohhh yeah”s followed when Restaurant Worker United Vice President and Line Cook Sean asked, “Who here has had their boss deny them their breaks?” Even more responded affirmatively when he asked, “Who here has been pressured to come in to work while sick?” Last week at the Service Industry Worker Social, over […]
Seven years ago workers across the food service and retail sectors got fed up with being treated by our corporate employers as if we exist solely to serve at the beck and call of our boss. Having no predictability or flexibility at work made it impossible to live our lives — raise kids, have a […]
Celebrating five years! Five years ago the city of Seattle set a powerful and historic precedent as the first city in the nation to have a Domestic Workers Bill of Rights. Who is a domestic worker? Domestic workers are those who provide paid services to an individual or household in a private home as a […]
When we have each other’s backs, we can change our workplaces! When we change our workplaces, we can change the industry! Join us on Monday, July 8th from 6-9pm at Vermillion to blow off some steam and connect with other restaurant workers who understand the struggle and want to do something about it! Pick up some resources about your rights in the workplace, hear from workers organizing for change, enjoy fresh beats provided by DJ UNKLEJESSICA, and sing your heart out at karaoke with KJ Tony James!
Is Seattle summer weather finally heating up or is our blood boiling because Council President Sara Nelson and the app corporations are still trying to cut gig workers’ pay? To catch you up: Nelson has been on a reckless, bewildering mission to rob gig workers of the right to minimum wage. Together with the app […]