Posts tagged food delivery
Seattle’s Minimum Wage Laws Backfired on Uber and Lyft. Now the Union Wants To Limit Drivers.
March 31, 2026 // As demand for trips has plummeted in the wake of the wage hikes, more rideshare drivers are finding themselves working longer hours to achieve the same number of rides as before. Instead of fixing the root of the problem, a union representing Seattle rideshare workers has a new solution: Limit the number of people who can work as Uber drivers. According to the Drivers Union, which represents Lyft and Uber drivers in Washington State, there is a severe glut of rideshare drivers on the road in the Emerald City. The union bases this on a new report it released (with funding from the state Department of Ecology), which concludes that "a majority of miles driven by Uber drivers are now without a passenger."
Minnesota Teamsters unanimously vote to authorize a strike
August 5, 2025 // “Teamsters Local 120 represents hundreds of Sysco workers who deliver across the state of Minnesota, and a work stoppage at the company’s Mounds View facility would have a direct impact on the company’s operations in Duluth,” explained a representative from Local 120. The union further stated that Sysco is one of the largest and most profitable food service companies in the United States. They say, in 2024, it reported $1.95 billion in net profits, which is up more than 10 percent from the year prior.
Minneapolis Is About To Kill Ride-Sharing
April 18, 2024 // Just last month, Seattle's disastrous attempt to enact a minimum wage for app-based food delivery drivers was in the news. The result was $26 coffees, city residents deleting their delivery apps, and drivers themselves seeing their earnings drop by half. Now, the Minneapolis City Council has decided to join the fray in the multifront progressive war against the gig economy—and this time, the outcome could be even worse.
Opinion: Time for a Law That Puts Workers, Not Unions, First
March 25, 2022 // The Employee Rights Act of 2022, unlike Biden’s PRO Act, encourages innovation and job flexibility.