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1/ If you live in CA, you& #39;ll have heard ALOT abt the corp-sponsored #Prop22. Gig companies have spent $185 mil urging you to vote Yes.
But how are gig workers faring when gig companies get to regulate themselves? Here are a few stories they shared with @LenaSimet and me @hrw
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But how are gig workers faring when gig companies get to regulate themselves? Here are a few stories they shared with @LenaSimet and me @hrw
2/ After Instacart changed its pay model in 2018, a 35-year old Los Angeles shopper suffered a drastic pay cut and remembered thinking, "I guess I won& #39;t buy eggs this month. I& #39;ll just get half a gallon of milk." He also struggled to make rent, worrying he would become homeless.
3/ âWithout any notification, Instacart can change our pay,â said Ginger Anne Farr, a San Francisco shopper. âAt one point they took our pay and cut it, to the point where I had to go on financial assistance and get help in getting food while working full-time for them.â
4/ A 20-year old Shipt shopper in Long Beach told us, "âIâm working really really hard, only to end up with $100 in my pocket to last me the week.â The constant worry about making ends meet has âmade my depression a lot worse.â https://www.hrw.org/news/2020/10/15/grocery-app-workers-rights-are-under-siege">https://www.hrw.org/news/2020...
5/ Why is this happening? Black box pay algorithms "are really underestimating shop times, so then we& #39;re not being paid the fair amount...once you minus the expenses on top of that, you& #39;re being paid less than minimum wage, unless somebody tips." - Philippa Mayall, Shipt shopper
6/ Without other labor protections, workers also have no safety net. Karyn Johnson-Dorsey told us she lost income while recovering from twisting her ankle delivering a heavy grocery box in June. If she was an employee, she would have been entitled to workersâ compensation.
7/ Companies and supporters of Prop 22 tend to dismiss these workers and their experiences as belonging to a "vocal minority."
But @lenasimet and I are not the only ones hearing these stories...
But @lenasimet and I are not the only ones hearing these stories...
8/ In 2018, @MatthewTelles, an Instacart shopper, told @cfarivar @arstechnica that the decrease in pay over time forced him to move out of Chicago. Shopping for the company was "making me about $4 per hour after taxes [and expenses]," said Telles. https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2018/11/instacart-changes-how-it-pays-shoppers-but-many-say-theyre-now-making-less/">https://arstechnica.com/tech-poli...
9/ In 2019, Instacart shopper Kris told @ChavieLieber @voxdotcom that the company& #39;s black box algorithms has made his pay "really confusing...none of us know how the payments work." https://www.vox.com/the-goods/2019/5/14/18566237/instacart-shopper-tip-grocery-delivery-payment">https://www.vox.com/the-goods...
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10/ What about tips, you ask? At Shipt, mysterious glitches are causing them to disappear. "Iâm working 40, 50 hours a week doing deliveries, and now Iâm having to spend all of this time chasing down tips that I earned,â Erika told @washingtonpost https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2020/08/06/shipt-target-tips-delivery/">https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/...
12/ The DC A-G recently filed a lawsuit against Instacart for misleading customers into thinking a 10% service fee was a tip for a delivery person from & #39;16 - & #39;18. That is just one of several problems with tips that workers have encountered over the years. https://techcrunch.com/2020/08/27/instacart-faces-lawsuit-from-dc-attorney-general-over-deceptive-service-fees/">https://techcrunch.com/2020/08/2...
13/ The #COVID19 pandemic has seen demand for grocery apps skyrocket, but workers say that they are left to fend for themselves while their earnings drop and fluctuate wildly
14/ #COVID19 made Daniel Poyer so sick even sitting up made him nauseous. But Instacart denied him sick pay on a technicality. "I donât have the words to explain how it feels to be...brushed off like you donât matter," he told @russellbrandom @verge https://www.theverge.com/21267669/instacart-shoppers-sick-extended-pay-quarantine-leave-coronavirus">https://www.theverge.com/21267669/...
15/ What do shoppers want? "I& #39;m not suggesting that they pay us enormous salaries. I& #39;m just suggesting they pay us a guaranteed minimum wage. I would also like to know how I& #39;m being paid." - Karyn Johnson-Dorsey, an Instacart and Shipt shopper told us
16/ TL;DR:
What do workers want?
Fair wages, pay transparency, and a decent safety net when things go wrong.
What does Prop 22 offer?
None of the above.
Vote #NoOnProp22. Vote for workers& #39; rights. The future of work does not belong to the gig companies. It belongs to us.
What do workers want?
Fair wages, pay transparency, and a decent safety net when things go wrong.
What does Prop 22 offer?
None of the above.
Vote #NoOnProp22. Vote for workers& #39; rights. The future of work does not belong to the gig companies. It belongs to us.
