The New York City Council is expected to pass legislation that will provide Grocery Delivery Workers with wages of $21.44 per hour.
The legislation affects 20,000 App-based Delivery Workers. Vendors using third party Apps would now be required to pay their Delivery Workers $21.44 an hour.”
New York City Council Member Jennifer Gutiérrez said: “I am happy to help move this City forward and make sure all Delivery Workers are treated fairly, no matter what App they’re on. Right now, Grocery and Goods Delivery Workers are left out of the protections Food Delivery Workers already have. This Bill closes that gap. It doesn’t take anything away – it just says: ‘If you’re doing the same work, you deserve the same protections,”
A New York City Council Member Sandy Nurse said: “All Delivery Workers deserve to get paid a decent wage for their work, no matter what they deliver or who they work for. That’s why I am proud to pass Intro (1135) to raise the minimum pay rate for tens of thousands of third-party Grocery Delivery Workers. These Workers – many of whom come from Immigrant communities – are being paid poverty wages simply because they deliver items, and sometimes even the same item, on a different App. This two-tiered wage system inhibits our goal to make New York City more affordable and livable, and as these sectors grow we refuse to leave these Immigrant Workers behind.”
