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New York Acting Supreme Court Justice Nicholas Moyne rejected a bid by Uber, DoorDash and Grubhub to block a bill requiring a minimum wage for app-based delivery workers.

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[–] Wogi@lemmy.world 68 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

But they can't make a profit if they can't exploit the workers essential to their business! Won't somebody please think of the corporations‽

[–] BruceTwarzen@kbin.social 15 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Someone might not be able to afford his secon yacht and that is a crime in america.

[–] bloodfoot@programming.dev 7 points 1 year ago

Literally the death of the American dream.

[–] netburnr@lemmy.world 23 points 1 year ago (2 children)

So they removed tiping right? Right?

For the delivery driver probably… but not for the company, and then they probably raised the minimum tip.

[–] Bipta@kbin.social 9 points 1 year ago

Does anybody else remember when DoorDash was supposed to be tip-free?

[–] slowd0wn@kbin.social 4 points 1 year ago

I’m all for ending the exploitation of workers in this country, but I’m curious how this bill will pan out. One big part of someone doing contracted work is that they cannot be required to abide by specific work hours dictated by the company. As of now, these delivery people decide when they want to work. Will DoorDash now set specific hours for their drivers? Will drivers only get paid the hourly wage when actively on deliveries? There are a lot of details I’m curious about here

[–] Tygr@lemmy.world -1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

NYC delivery and food inflation costs ⬆️⬆️⬆️

[–] Son_of_dad@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

Paying people shit hasn't made prices fall

Is it higher than regular minimum wage? Sus.