New York City food delivery workers joined rideshare drivers to together push for more benefits at their jobs, including better wages, health care, and the right to unionize.
Groups representing some 100,000 employees of app services of the same type announced the formation of a new coalition to be called ‘Justice for App Workers’. The coalition will promote new measures to, in its own words, achieve the ‘dignity’ of the city’s drivers and delivery fleet.
The vast majority of city app workers of New York are immigrants. And although there are no reliable statistics on the number of app workers there are, it is estimated that there are tens of thousands.
Many of the workers have been attracted to the industry by the flexibility of schedules, the need to supplement income or the lack of other work options.
For most home delivery workers, this is a full-time job, according to a survey last year by the Cornell University School of Industrial and Labor Relations and advocacy group ‘Los Deliveristas Unidos’, as reported by CBS.
This report found that two-thirds of delivery people work at least six days a week and earn an average of just over $12 per hour, including tips. This amount is well below the New York City minimum wage.
The coalition, which includes NYC The Rideshare Club, the United Delivery Workers Association and seven other groups said many of their members struggle to pay their rent, keep up with their car payments and provide for their families.
Last month, some new benefits for workers in New York City went into effect, among them, is the right to use the restrooms in restaurants for those who deliver food.
In addition , app companies that employ them must also disclose the amount of tips customers give them and must tell workers how much they earn daily.
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