Delivery workers are pushing New York City’s Department of Consumer and Worker Protection to bump up the minimum wage for app-based workers $5 higher than the $23.82 preliminary proposal the office released last week.
of more than 60,000 app-based food delivery workers, the city suggested a starting hourly minimum wage of $17.87, to be phased up to $23.82 by April 2025.
At a press conference outside City Hall Monday morning, delivery workers argued their out-of-pocket expenses are far higher than what the city calculated. They say with $5 more per hour they’d be closer to the wage they deserve for keeping New Yorkers fed during the pandemic, and beyond. On top of wages below the state’s standard, workers face perilous conditions on the job, with 33 app-based workers killed on city streets since 2020, and about a third of workers suffering workplace injuries and physical assaults, the report found.
“We appreciate their effort for what they have done this past year,” she said. “The city [has] the opportunity to deliver not a minimum wage, an actual living wage, because that’s what Deliveristas are asking.”promptly sued New York City
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