Media briefing with Councilmembers will review key details of the #PayUp policy & highlight the need to eliminate subminimum wages across the gig economy
A landmark new ordinance introduced today at the Seattle City Council for a hearing next week would ensure at least minimum wage after expenses for all time worked, protect flexibility, and provide transparency for 40,000+ gig workers on apps like DoorDash, Instacart, and TaskRabbit.
On Thursday, the PayUp campaign will hold a press conference & policy briefing, featuring Councilmembers Herbold & Lewis:
WHO: gig workers leading the PayUp campaign; City Councilmembers Lisa Herbold & Andrew Lewis; Seattle Restaurants United
WHAT: A policy briefing to review key details of the PayUp ordinance & what’s next in the fight to eliminate subminimum wages for gig workers on apps like DoorDash, Instacart, and TaskRabbit
WHEN: Thursday, April 7th @ 2pm
WHERE: Seattle City Hall (Room 370, 3rd floor) and live on Zoom — RSVP here.
Gig workers leading the PayUp campaign are available for interviews before and after the policy briefing. Contact Jeffrey Gustaveson with Working Washington to arrange: jeffrey@workingwa.org
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Since June, the PayUp policy has been through an extensive stakeholder process, during which gig worker leaders, community organizations, gig company representatives, and other stakeholders had opportunities to share their input.
The first PayUp ordinance raising pay, protecting flexibility, and providing transparency is expected to have a hearing on 4/12 in the Public Safety & Human Services committee.
More policy vehicles will follow this initial piece of legislation to ensure gig workers have the basic rights and protections every worker needs, including: protection against unfair deactivation by apps; discrimination and harassment protections; equitable access to work by limiting unfair use of background checks; right to bathroom access for delivery workers; and the creation of an App-Based Worker Advisory Board.
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Working Washington is the voice for workers in our state. Working Washington fast food strikers sparked the fight that won Seattle’s first-in-the-nation $15 minimum wage. Working Washington baristas and fast food workers led the successful campaign for secure scheduling in Seattle, and our members across the state helped drive forward Initiative 1433 to raise the minimum wage and provide paid sick days. We successfully drove Amazon to sever ties with the right-wing lobby group ALEC and improve conditions in their sweatshop warehouses, and got Starbucks to address inequities in their corporate parental leave policy. And we've continued to make history by organizing for the landmark statewide paid family leave law in 2017, winning the groundbreaking Seattle Domestic Workers Bill of Rights in summer 2018, leading the fight to restore overtime protections to salaried workers in 2019, and passing the nation's first hazard pay and paid sick days laws for gig workers. For more information, visit workingWA.org.