Getting food delivered in NY is simple. For the workers who do it, getting paid is not
Resumo
Data informada: 9 Mar 2024
Localização: Estados Unidos da América
Empresas
Uber Eats - ClientAfetados
Total de pessoas afetadas: 1
Trabalhadores migrantes e imigrantes: ( 1 - Venezuela , Entrega Expressa , Men , Unknown migration status )Temas
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Medidas tomadas: None of the major app companies operating in New York City responded to a request for detailed pay statistics. They defended reducing worker hours as key to reducing downtime, in line with the law’s incentives. “Seattle & New York City failed to think about the negative impacts of their actions,” Uber Eats spokesperson Josh Gold said in an email, adding that he believes there are better options to protect worker flexibility, such as a California law that recategorized gig workers as independent contractors.
Tipo de fonte: News outlet
Resumo
Data informada: 9 Mar 2024
Localização: Estados Unidos da América
Empresas
DoorDash - ClientAfetados
Total de pessoas afetadas: 1
Trabalhadores migrantes e imigrantes: ( Número desconhecido - Venezuela , Entrega Expressa , Men , Unknown migration status )Temas
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Medidas tomadas: In a statement, Doordash said that the payment method it had used since December was unsustainable and that workers like Mendoza “can also qualify for additional weekly pay adjustments.”
Tipo de fonte: News outlet
New Yorkers place over 100 million food delivery orders each year via a very simple process: press a few buttons on an app and it’s in their hands in about 30 minutes.
For the delivery workers, the process is anything but simple. And it has only become more complex since the city instituted a new wage formula designed to guarantee they make at least $18 an hour. Some of the biggest app platforms, who opposed the change, responded by limiting workers' hours, making it more difficult for customers to tip, and changing how pay is calculated from week to week.
That's left workers like Greiber Pineda scrambling to navigate opaque changes…
DoorDash spokesperson Eli Scheinholtz in a statement called the laws in both cities “extreme,” adding that “the end result has been the same: higher fees for consumers, fewer orders for merchants, and less work for Dashers.”..
GrubHub spokesperson Najy Kamal said in a statement that delivery workers are earning more overall in both New York and Seattle, and the company is committed to complying with the new pay standards…
“Seattle & New York City failed to think about the negative impacts of their actions,” Uber Eats spokesperson…