Statement from Comptroller Brad Lander about Food Apps Suing Over the Subminimum Wage for Deliveristas
July 6, 2023
New York, NY – New York City Comptroller Brad Lander released the following statement:
“No surprise that Grubhub, DoorDash, and Uber are out to extract every penny they can from the delivery workers whose labor they rely on: that’s the gig business model.
“Gig companies have sued New York City repeatedly: to block accessibility requirements for people-with-disabilities, to reduce cruising time, and to prevent the minimum pay requirement for for-hire drivers that became law in 2019. But New York City’s for-hire driver minimum pay law benefits drivers without harming ridership, and the delivery-worker minimum pay law will work just as well.”
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