Getting food delivered in NY is simple. For the workers who do it, getting paid is not
Summary
Date Reported: 9 Mar 2024
Location: United States of America
Companies
Uber Eats - ClientAffected
Total individuals affected: 1
Migrant & immigrant workers: ( 1 - Venezuela , Express delivery , Men , Unknown migration status )Issues
Access to Information , Contract SubstitutionResponse
Response sought: Yes, by Journalist
External link to response: (Find out more)
Action taken: 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.
Source type: News outlet
Summary
Date Reported: 9 Mar 2024
Location: United States of America
Companies
DoorDash - ClientAffected
Total individuals affected: 1
Migrant & immigrant workers: ( Number unknown - Venezuela , Express delivery , Men , Unknown migration status )Issues
Access to Information , Contract SubstitutionResponse
Response sought: Yes, by Journalist
External link to response: (Find out more)
Action taken: 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.”
Source type: 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…