Comment on Uber, Grubhub and DoorDash must pay NYC delivery workers an $18 minimum wage

moistclump@lemmy.world ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

• ShunkW@lemmy.world ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  The sad thing is that they’re probably just gonna shut down shop there and hurt these workers. Not justifying their low payment at all. Just fuck. Capitalism is fucked up.

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  • echo64@lemmy.world ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    If they leave, people are still going to want food delivered. The job still exists. Uber just isn’t their to skim their money and squeeze drivers dry

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    • dual_sport_dork@lemmy.world ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Restaurants used to just have their own delivery drivers. Crazy, right?

      I delivered pizza and later Chinese food for years, working directly for a restaurant. I get the sense you got a way better level of service from that arrangement, as well, versus the Uber Eats randos you get these days. You sure as shit did from places where I was a driver.

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      • Holyginz@lemmy.world ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        My wife and I have gone back to when we order food, like our pizza night, ordering directly from the place. I know the drivers are getting paid a decent wage and without all the extra fees it’s more reasonably priced. Plus the food actually arrives in a timely fashion and is still hot rather than the driver doing a bunch or other deliveries before us and the food being cold.

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  • PeachMan@lemmy.world ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Doubt it. NYC is an enormous market, 10 million people (20 mil if you count people that commute to NYC for work). They might add extra fees, though.

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  • bob_wiley@lemmy.world ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

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    • cooopsspace@infosec.pub ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      The point is realising that you can pay a liveable wage and still be profitable.

      So if all this happens, that’s great.

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