Instacart’s gig workers are planning a nationwide strike
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Re: Instacart’s gig workers are planning a nationwide strike
#2It’s great that gig workers were included in the CARE bill. Hopefully this starts a trend of more bills including protections for gig workers. I fully support these workers striking for basic rights.
Re: Instacart’s gig workers are planning a nationwide strike
#3Sending these people into work, in the middle of a pandemic, without appropriate protective gear, health benefits, or paid time off is criminal and I’m glad they’re organizing to protect themselves. Hopefully other frontline employees in grocery and delivery services will follow suit.
Re: Instacart’s gig workers are planning a nationwide strike
#4Sending these people into work, in the middle of a pandemic, without appropriate protective gear, health benefits, or paid time off is criminal and I’m glad they’re organizing to protect themselves. Hopefully other frontline employees in grocery and delivery services will follow suit.
Many grocery stores already have strong unions.
Nobody is "sending in" gig workers. Isnt the whole point of gig work that the worker can choose whether to pick up a gig and go in or not?
Re: Instacart’s gig workers are planning a nationwide strike
#5Sending these people into work, in the middle of a pandemic, without appropriate protective gear, health benefits, or paid time off is criminal and I’m glad they’re organizing to protect themselves. Hopefully other frontline employees in grocery and delivery services will follow suit.
Many grocery stores already have strong unions. Nobody is "sending in" gig workers. Isnt the whole point of gig work that the worker can choose whether to pick up a gig and go in or not?
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Re: Instacart’s gig workers are planning a nationwide strike
#6Sending these people into work, in the middle of a pandemic, without appropriate protective gear, health benefits, or paid time off is criminal and I’m glad they’re organizing to protect themselves. Hopefully other frontline employees in grocery and delivery services will follow suit.
Many grocery stores already have strong unions. Nobody is "sending in" gig workers. Isnt the whole point of gig work that the worker can choose whether to pick up a gig and go in or not?
> Many grocery stores already have strong unions.
Some but not most:
https://laborunionreport.com/2019/04/23/eight-of-the-top-10-...
> Nobody is "sending in" gig workers. Isnt the whole point of gig work that the worker can choose whether to pick up a gig and go in or not?
Oh yes, the US economy, in its majestic equality, allows the rich as well as the poor to expose themselves to a dangerous, novel virus in exchange for low wage work.
Re: Instacart’s gig workers are planning a nationwide strike
#7It’s great that gig workers were included in the CARE bill. Hopefully this starts a trend of more bills including protections for gig workers. I fully support these workers striking for basic rights.
> It’s great that gig workers were included in the CARE bill.
This was specifically advocated for by Senator Sanders. He threatened to tighten the restrictions even further on the $500 billion bailout of corporations if this condition was not met.
https://twitter.com/RespectableLaw/status/124303461436252569...
Re: Instacart’s gig workers are planning a nationwide strike
#8It’s great that gig workers were included in the CARE bill. Hopefully this starts a trend of more bills including protections for gig workers. I fully support these workers striking for basic rights.
Don't companies not pay taxes for gig workers to get unemployment?
Is there going to be any change to that?
Re: Instacart’s gig workers are planning a nationwide strike
#9It’s great that gig workers were included in the CARE bill. Hopefully this starts a trend of more bills including protections for gig workers. I fully support these workers striking for basic rights.
Don't companies not pay taxes for gig workers to get unemployment? Is there going to be any change to that?
No. Gig workers are "self employed", who traditionally do not pay unemployment insurance such that traditional employers do (as a sole proprietor; if you incorporate and pay yourself as an employee, you would then be eligible for unemployment insurance; I imagine this is very rare as a gig worker, and unsure if any platforms support such a configuration).
This legislation doesn't change that, but it likely pulls some of those gig workers out of the system, as they might collect more on unemployment than working limited gig work available. TBD if this puts supply pressures on platforms.
Personal opinion: The stimulus is generous enough it's going to cause gig platforms to bleed out, as the stimulus is directed at the workers, not at the platforms. Bird is already performing mass layoffs. [1]
Re: Instacart’s gig workers are planning a nationwide strike
#10The organization behind this, Gig Workers Collective, was only formed last month.
https://techcrunch.com/2020/02/10/gig-workers-collective/
I have a hard time believing in such a short time they were able to organize anything resembling a majority.