Instacart is a California-based company that uses independent contractors to fulfil grocery delivery or pickup orders placed through its app. Non-profit labour group Gig Workers Collective says it expects up to 70 per cent of independent contractors working for the grocery delivery app to stop accepting orders on Oct. Letters to McDonald's, Amazon, and Walmart to give employees access to 14ĭays of paid sick leave.Canadian and American Instacart workers plan to walk off the job this weekend in a bid to secure better pay and more benefits. Earlier this week, she supportedĭelivery workers in their strike for workers' rights and protection. Markey (D-Mass.) over the TrumpĪdministration's failure to deliver federal support for testing and care in She recently unveiledĭetailed plans to increase diagnostic testing nationwide, and sounded Resources needed to address this emergency. Trump Administration to respond effectively to deliver the robust set of Since the beginning of the COVID-19 outbreak, Senator Warren has pressed the Protections for all your workers," concluded the senator. I urge you to rise to the imperative of this public health crisisīy providing paid leave, fair compensation, and adequate health and safety In this public health emergency, it is more important than ever toįairly compensate these workers and provide the health and safety protections "The coronavirus pandemic has illustrated how much your company isĬompletely reliant on these workers to provide essential services to the
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Immediately share driver wage data with relevant stateĪgencies to ensure workers who become unemployed can access unemployment.Provide additional pay for the increased risk they are taking on by Pay delivery workers a guaranteed minimum wage, and.Options as customers, such as requesting "no contact delivery" Allow employees to have access to the same safety.Provide protective equipment such as masks, gloves, andĬleaning supplies at no cost to all delivery workers.Workers and allow them to take this leave if they have symptoms of or haveīeen exposed to someone with COVID-19, or if they need to take care of Guarantee at least 14 days of paid leave time to all.
In her letter, Senator Warren calls on each company to do the following: "I urge you to reclassify your delivery workers asĮmployees, rather than independent contractors, and ensure they are provided aįull suite of employee protections and benefits." Provide appropriate and necessary protections," Senator Warren Vulnerabilities as a result of their jobs, and your company is failing to "Delivery workers are experiencing serious health and economic
ByĬontinuing to misclassify these workers as independent contractors, the foodĭelivery companies exclude their workers from critical labor rights and Protections during the novel coronavirus 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic. Rather than independent contractors, and provide appropriate pay, benefits, and Instacart, urging them to reclassify their delivery workers as employees, (D-Mass.) sent letters to the CEOs of DoorDash, Grubhub, Uber Eats, and ApWarren Calls on DoorDash, Grubhub, Uber Eats, and Instacart to Protect Workers' Health, Increase Pay to Compensate for Coronavirus Risks Delivery companies misclassify workers as independent contractors, cutting them off from critical rights and protections like minimum wage and benefits during the coronavirus pandemic "I urge you to rise to the imperative of this public health crisis by providing paid leave, fair compensation, and adequate health and safety protections for all your workers"
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