Although the battle for a living wage for New York City delivery workers seemed won, there are still several obstacles that this large workforce must face. Now, the great challenges that they denounce are the constant blocks they suffer in technology ordering applications, such as Uber Eats, GrubHub and DoorDash.
Last year, the deliveristas of the Big Apple They earned a minimum wage of $20. However, there is growing concern raised by the coalition ‘Justice for App Workers’, with regard to the absence of protections from the blockages suffered by these workers on the platforms.
The union leaders of the delivery drivers describe that they receive complaints daily, because some are unable to start their days, because inexplicably, They are prevented from logging into applications. This prevents them from earning their regular salary and working with some flexibility.
“As a delivery driver, I depend on these applications to support my family. The constant threat of app crashes leaves us in a precarious position, unable to get the number of deliveries I need to make ends meet. If I can’t work that day, I can’t feed my family that night.”he denounced Kevin Zhou, deliveryman and member of ‘Justice for App Workers’ at a protest held this Thursday in front of the Municipal Council.
Sticky with tips
Furthermore, it is reported that these large companies have implemented measures that they define as “retaliation”, when they transfer tip requests, after the delivery of the orders. This practice has had a detrimental impact on the income of this workforce.
The workers grouped in this coalition are demanding that the City and the Municipal Council immediately approve updated legal language standards, which finally protects them against app crashes.
“We fought hard for a $20 minimum wage, but without app blocking protections, It seems that our victory was not a victory at all. It’s one step forward and two steps back. “We need the city to step up and fix this now,” he demanded. Shyam Karki, presidente de Minority Empowerment Network, the latest group to join the ‘Justice for App Workers Coalition’.
Other organizations, such as the Labor Justice Project, have already denounced that some of the most important application platforms, which have openly opposed the new minimum wage, since their technology operations centers are making it more difficult for customers to tip and they have changed the way salaries are calculated from one week to the next.
For his part, the DoorDash spokesperson Eli Scheinholtz He told NBC that “the result of the extreme wage increases has been: “Higher rates for consumers, fewer orders for merchants and less work for deliverers.”
When the wage increase law came into effect in the Big Apple, many applications announced that customers in the city, They could no longer add a tip during checkout, but they made it available, only after a driver had been assigned or after the food was delivered.
2024-03-29 16:52:40
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