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Read MoreThree recent wins for WA workers
Good news can be tough to find right now—so here are some recent wins for WA workers.
Read MoreSeattle gig workers win first-in-the-nation pay, flexibility, and transparency protections!
And today, we’re finally celebrating a huge victory: the Seattle City Council just voted to pass our PayUp policy into law, ending subminimum wages for gig workers on apps like DoorDash, Instacart, and Gopuff!
Read MoreSeattle gig workers poised to win first-in-nation pay, flexibility, and transparency protections today
The worker-driven PayUp policy championed by Councilmember Lisa Herbold and set for a full Council vote today will create the most extensive labor standards for gig workers in the nation, ensuring gig workers on apps like DoorDash, Instacart, Gopuff, Handy, and Amazon Flex are paid at least minimum wage after expenses with tips on top, flexibility protections, and meaningful transparency.
Read MoreWhat will Instacart threaten next? The sequel…
Instacart just emailed customers a bunch of vague threats predicting the end times if Seattle passes a minimum wage for gig workers.
Read MoreOops! DoorDash ad reveals they pay drivers $2.27 an hour
If DoorDash needs to pay workers $15/hour more to get to the minimum wage of $17.27/hour, it means that right now, DoorDash is only paying workers $2.27/hour. Time for these companies #payup
Read MoreThere’s nothing “equitable” about gig companies paying subminimum wages to workers of color
As we get closer to passing our PayUp policy in Seattle, gig companies and their allies are ramping up their opposition with a pretty shady tactic: they’re claiming that it’s somehow “equitable” to pay subminimum wages to workers of color.
But Seattle gig workers aren’t falling for it.
Read MoreGig companies hire "crisis communications" firm to oppose idea of paying gig workers at least minimum wage
Gig companies shelled out $25,000 to hire a corporate “crisis communications” person to testify at a Seattle City Council committee hearing yesterday, where he strung words together in opposition to our PayUp policy. Meanwhile, gig workers communicated about the true crisis they’re facing in the gig economy—subminimum wages as low as $2/job.
Read MoreIt's official...our landmark PayUp policy has been formally introduced at Seattle City Council
After years of worker organizing and many months of stakeholder meetings, policy development, and hearings on draft ordinances, we have an actual piece of legislation that City Council can vote on to raise pay, protect flexibility, and provide transparency for 40,000+ gig workers on apps like DoorDash, Instacart, and TaskRabbit.
Read MoreWhat happens when your unemployment benefits nightmare gets covered by Seattle TV news?
“Nobody should be asked to pay back one cent of this in the first place…It was really upsetting and surprising.”
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