NYC Becomes First Major City To Establish Minimum Protections for Food Delivery Workers

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NYC Becomes First Major City To Establish Minimum Protections for Food Delivery Workers
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The six-bill legislative package sets minimum payments per trip and guarantees couriers access to restaurant bathrooms.

, a NYC-based grassroots collective made up of immigrant food delivery workers. The Deliveristas began organizing last winter when the covid-19 pandemic led many restaurants to limit or pause indoor dining, which also typically involved closing their bathrooms to the public.will require restaurants to allow food delivery app couriers access to bathrooms, establish minimum payments per trip, ensure delivery people get their full tips, and allow couriers to set limits on their routes.

Currently, the median hourly wage for New York City delivery workers is $7.94, while the minimum wage in New York state is actually $15. The beginning of the covid-19 pandemic in March 2020 drastically increased the city’s reliance on app-based food delivery workerspayment models are. A study from Cornell University found that three-quarters of current food delivery drivers joined the industry after losing work during the pandemic. Althoughpreviously sued New York City after a prior attempt by the cityGrubhub and Doordash.

The necessity of securing protections for delivery workers was brought into acute focus once again when Hurricane Ida hit the city in August, and numerous photos and videos of

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