Posts tagged UberEats
Editorial: App delivery minimum wage is shutting out workers and NYC lefties don’t care
July 16, 2024 // The cost to consumers is skyrocketing: They spent 10% more on deliveries in Q1 of 2024 than over Q1 2023. Which means customers are tipping less — the average tip amount is down by $2.64. And while the fewer couriers still working are earning more per hour on paper (that’s true by definition when a wage floor is legally established), they are likely working much, much harder for that extra wage.
Seattle’s new minimum wage rule undermining delivery drivers
April 25, 2024 // It’s not just restaurant owners who are being squeezed. So are drivers. Drive Forward Seattle, an app-based driver advocacy group, recently surveyed its members on the impact of the rule. A DoorDash driver identified as Marvin said, “I went from making $300 a day during the weekends to making $80 a day and that’s on a good day. It takes over 2hr to even get one order.” A driver named Sally told the advocacy group, “90 percent of the customers don’t tip since the app changed. So, they have to go back onto the app after the delivery, if they even remember to do so, in order to tip. That’s a big thumbs down.” The pushback has been so strong that the Seattle City Council has mulled repealing the rule altogether. Unions, who have struggled to organize the delivery drivers, have pushed back against the potential repeal, arguing that the wage system is working as intended.