A month later, I gave birth to my third child. I went back to work almost right away, and I tried hard not to miss a single shift even though it was hard with three children at home.
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The same week GoPuff raised another $1 billion in investments, they informed workers via Slack that their already-sub-minimum-wage pay would be cut.
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Join the Pay Up National Meeting for gig workers on March 28!
Read MoreProp. 22 passing in California is a serious threat to gig workers — but not for the reason you might think.
The message from both sides of the Prop. 22 debate has been that the ballot initiative is simply a way for apps to classify gig workers as independent contractors rather than employees. But in reality, the threat posed by Prop. 22 is about something much more fundamental than employee classification: it’s about the need for real flexibility and freedom in our work and our lives.
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Hazard pay for gig workers is now the law in Seattle: if you do gig deliveries in Seattle, you are now entitled to receive an extra $2.50 in hazard pay (also called “premium pay”) for each delivery of food or groceries you make inside the city limits.
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It’s not a walkoff…it’s a #GuacOff.
For three days from Wednesday, April 29 to Friday, May 1, Postmates workers across the country are refusing all orders from Chipotle to demand sick leave, hazard pay, and safety protections.
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