Subminimum Wages for Seattle's Gig Workers Are Over!
KEEP YOUR FOOT ON THE GAS
Starting today, January 13, the #PayUp ordinance finally goes into effect – the law that thousands of gig workers fought for that guarantees us a minimum pay floor and better flexibility and transparency standards.
No more guessing how much a trip will pay us. No more 80 hours a week just to get by. No more wondering how our time on the job is accounted for and whether that will result in enough money to pay the bills.
Workers were fed up, so we spoke up, fought back, and WON.
But we can’t take our foot off the gas just because we got the law passed. Now, we need to educate other workers about our new rights and band together to ensure we can enforce our rights.
>>>Here are the main components of the #PayUp law that gig workers need to know.<<<
Want to learn more about the law and make sure it’s working for you?
Come to a #PayUp Ordinance worker meeting to get your questions answered and meet the workers who won the #PayUp campaign. On February 15th, we’ll dive into the details of the law and you’ll also have the chance to talk one-on-one with our legal team about your pay.
What can you do to keep up the momentum?
TAKE. SCREENSHOTS. We have reason to believe the apps won’t follow the law. They’ve tried to weasel out of paying workers’ hazard pay and Paid Sick & Safe Time before. The key to finding out if they’re breaking this law too? If you are a worker or a customer on apps like GrubHub, Instacart, and Amazon Flex, take. lots. of. screenshots. The best way to hold the apps accountable is to keep careful records of what they do or don’t tell you – and then send that to us if you want help finding out whether we’ve got a case on our hands.
Contribute to our organizing work so we have the resources we need to hit the ground running, reach out to more workers, and go to bat for our rights.
Winning this law was only possible because workers came together and organized. Workers made this happen.
And we will not stop here.