Los Deliveristas Unidos/Workers Justice Project has been on the street organizing & representing the NYC app delivery workers. On Sept. 23, 2021, NYC City Council delivered justice to Deliveristas as they passed a legislation package that provides new labor rights for app delivery workers.
1.The right to access restrooms from the restaurants.
El derecho a acceso de baños en restaurantes.
2. The right to a living wage and a hazard pay.
El derecho a un salario digno y a pago por daños y prejuicios.
3. Essential protections from e-bike robberies, wage theft and health and safety hazards.
Protecciones básicas por robo de bicicletas, robo de salario, y salud y seguridad.
4. The right to use a physical public space to eat, rest and be protected from extreme weather.
El derecho a usar un espacio público para comer, descansar y ser protegidos por el clima extremo.
5. The right to organize.
El derecho a organizarse.
Worker’s Justice Project/ Los Deliveristas Unidos and Cornell ILR release the findings of the first of its kind gig economy report - Essential but Unprotected: NYC's App Food Delivery Workers. A participatory action research project that examined the working and living conditions of NYC app-delivery workers.
US Senator Chuck Schumer