It’s clear from experiences like Jonathan’s that the policies gig companies are setting up are not designed to protect workers or public health — they’re designed to be so impossible to navigate, sick workers cannot access funds.
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I was advised to self-quarantine. But I cannot do that because to qualify for any sort of pay or aid gig companies are offering sick workers, I have to take a test, and test positive.
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DD sent a message to workers offering “free gloves and hand sanitizer” in hopes of helping mitigate the spread.
Sounds like a good step. Except when they say "free" they mean you still have to pay the shipping of course. And the shipping is more than $10 — at minimum.
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On Wednesday, March 4, nearly 100 gig workers, customers, and allies came together in Seattle to kick off our local campaign to win new laws for gig workers.
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Our analysis of more than two hundred samples of pay data provided by DoorDash workers across the country finds that DoorDash pays the average worker an astonishingly low $1.45/hour, after accounting for the costs of mileage and additional payroll taxes borne by independent contractors. Nearly a third of jobs actually pay less than $0 after accounting for these basic expenses.
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This week, DoorDash released a brand-new way to make sure its workers accept subminimum wages.
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We’re all fed up with the way Instacart is treating its workers...and we’re all calling on Costco to stand with workers in our demands.
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DoorDash is out today with a claim that “overall earnings (including tips) increased from an average of $17.24 per active hour in August to $18.54 per active hour in October.” But their data blends tips and pay (yet again), does not account for expenses, and more. Accounting for tips and the most basic estimate of mileage expenses, the company’s own figures suggest hourly pay after expenses of just $7.17/hour.
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In June, I was shopping a large Costco order with a bunch of cases of soda and water. I was in the store picking up a case of water when my foot got caught underneath my dolly, and I fell backwards onto the hard cement floor, the case of water falling on top of me.
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What went down during Raise Days from Sept. 5 - 8? Workers came together across apps, and across the country, to fight for better pay — with demonstrations outside company offices, livestreams with lawmakers, and more. Check out the quick video recap!
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For Day 2 of Raise Days, gig workers took part in a livestream speak-out with elected officials from across the country. We told our stories & talked about how local lawmakers are already working towards making our #PayUp goals into reality.
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Yesterday, gig workers in San Francisco and Seattle delivered a message straight to the executives & employees of our companies: it’s time to #PayUp. And we didn’t show up empty-handed — we brought a special delivery: peanuts (because that’s what Instacart, DoorDash, and Postmates are paying workers) and messages from workers across the country calling for change.
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The key question remains: will they pay workers backpay for the customer tips the company has been misappropriating since 2017?
Read More“First at Instacart and now at DoorDash, the Pay Up campaign has organized workers, spoken out to customers, and created irresistible public pressure that transformed the pay model of a multibillion-dollar corporation.
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Customers don’t just “add” a tip: DoorDash in fact sets customers to a default 15% tip. Leave that at the default of 15%, and it adds $0 to what the worker gets paid.
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