NYC Set to Pass Food Delivery App Laws Securing Workers Minimum Pay, Bathrooms and More
Posted on September 23, 2021 by Yves Smith
Yves here. Even though workers seem to be clawing back some of their lost ground via wage increases, we’ve still seen very little in the way of successes in bargaining situations. And with ever-more employer surveillance and forcing workers to meet almost impossible production schedules, the losses in control over conditions are at least as bad as the long-term decay in pay levels.
So a victory in the “gig economy” space is particularly welcome. Some heads will explode over the requirement that food delivery workers be allowed to use restaurant bathrooms.
By Josefa Velasquez and Claudia Irizarry Aponte. Originally published at THE CITY on September 22, 2021
De Blasio supports first-in-the-nation bills scheduled for Thursday vote, seeking better working conditions in the booming tech-driven food courier economy. The City Council’s actions come as app firms sue to block bills it passed previously.
City lawmakers are acting to aid workers in the booming multi-billion dollar app-based food delivery industry, scheduling a vote for Thursday on a landmark slate of bills intended to ensure bathroom access, minimum pay and more.
The proposals were sparked by the activism of Los Deliveristas Unidos, a labor organization of immigrant delivery couriers who kept New Yorkers fed during the pandemic. Supporters say the New York effort to provide minimum working standards for app-based couriers is the first of its kind in any major U.S. city — and they hope the measures will influence local governments across the country.
https://www.nakedcapitalism.com/2021/09/nyc-set-to-pass-food-delivery-app-laws-securing-workers-minimum-pay-bathrooms-and-more.html
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