Tell the council you support living wages for all workers!

Gig workers finally won the right to a minimum wage – help us defend that right!

Gig workers in Seattle are holding the line on our minimum wage victory and we urgently need your help.

Research showed that 92% of gig delivery jobs in Seattle paid less than half of the city’s current minimum wage after accounting for the expenses we pay to do this work, so we organized to fix that. And in May 2022, we won! We passed a new law to ensure we would no longer be paid subminimum wages. 

Fast forward to this January when the law took effect. The app companies immediately launched a coordinated effort against the law that workers, small businesses, city agencies, and apps themselves developed together to provide minimum wage for gig workers in our city. 

You’ve seen it in the news – app companies are using all the big business political tactics (like imposing outrageous new fees) and spreading deliberate misinformation (like claiming workers now make $26.40) to argue that raising wages is bad for our economy.

All because they don’t want to have to pay us fairly.

This looks exactly like the big business reaction when Seattle workers won the $15 minimum wage almost a decade ago. Despite all the corporate hand wringing, the sky did not fall. Instead, our local economy grew and wages went up, making it easier for us to to afford housing, take care of ourselves and our families, and keep money here in Seattle. 

We need you to help us fight back.

We’re asking you to show the new council that Seattle agrees: minimum wage standards are essential for protecting every low-wage worker in our city and keeping our local economy strong and resilient. 

Drop a line to the city council now in support of gig worker minimum wage!

Have a screenshot you want to share of these outrageous corporate tactics raising the price tag on your order? Send it to us here and join us in the fight for the wages and protections we deserve.