Seattle workers just made history. Thanks to nonstop worker organizing and the movement we’ve built together that ensures we don’t just win new laws but can actually enforce them, UberEats will be paying back $15 MILLION to over 16,000 delivery drivers.
This is a major victory. When we fought together to win higher pay and better workplaces through the #PayUp laws back in 2019, and then defended our rights from rollbacks by Councilmember Sara Nelson in 2024, we fought not just for higher standards but also the ability to make our rights real. We fought to ensure that workers have the tools to hold cheating corporations like UberEats accountable to our laws. Today’s settlement announcement proves that our fight’s paying off and corporations are paying up.
Now, thousands of us are getting the money we’re owed, and Seattle workers have shown the rest of the nation that organized workers WIN. Settlements like these send a message to other corporations that they won’t keep getting away with underpaying and exploiting us. It also reminds workers everywhere what’s possible when we stand up for one another and stand against corporate greed. WE. GET. PAID.
We need your help making sure every single one of the 16,120 workers who are owed money get our paycheck from UberEats. If you or someone you know may be one of the workers who UberEats tried to steal from, email comms@workingwa.org to let us know and we’ll follow up with you.