Puget Sound Gig Workers Rally For Better Pay: Photos
BELLEVUE, WA — Dozens of local gig economy workers from around Puget Sound rallied on Thursday in downtown Bellevue, asking their employers for better pay, more transparency, and an end to tip theft.
The workers shop, drive, and deliver for apps like DoorDash, Uber, Caviar, and Instacart in cities from Silverdale to Tacoma. They gathered to deliver symbolic bags of peanuts to a Postmates office in downtown Bellevue with the message, "Pay Up."
"Today, the tech workers of Bellevue are going to listen to us," Working Washington Executive Director Rachel Lauter told the attendees. "It's time to pay up."
According to a recent Federal Reserve report, about 3 in 10 American adults did some type of online or offline gig work in 2018, and most did it to supplement existing income. But people who did gig work as their primary source of income were more financially vulnerable than non-gig workers, the report found.
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