NYC’s Food Delivery Workers Fight for a Minimum Wage
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🗓️ 5 October 2023
⏱️ 16 minutes
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| 0:00.0 | William, can I have a drink? |
| 0:08.0 | Sure, thanks. |
| 0:10.0 | Earlier this week, we met up with William Medina. |
| 0:13.0 | William is 39 years old, from Colombia. |
| 0:16.0 | He's a food delivery worker, and he's gigged for all the major delivery apps in New York City, |
| 0:22.0 | DoorDash, GrubHub, Relay, and UberEats. |
| 0:26.0 | Here's the app. |
| 0:29.0 | We're going to connect. |
| 0:31.0 | We hit this button to connect. |
| 0:36.0 | Now we're connected. |
| 0:38.0 | On most days, William is out on the streets of New York, waiting for his phone to ping, |
| 0:43.0 | and hoping an order comes through that's worth his while. |
| 0:50.0 | Let's accept this delivery. |
| 0:52.0 | The pay is not great, but it's nearby, yeah? |
| 0:54.0 | It's $2. |
| 0:56.0 | So, let's hit accept. |
| 1:02.0 | William's one of roughly 65,000 delivery workers who could benefit from a new law in New York City. |
| 1:09.0 | It would set a minimum wage of about $18 an hour for app-based delivery workers. |
| 1:15.0 | City officials say the law is the first of its kind, but the food delivery app companies are fighting it, |
| 1:22.0 | setting up a legal battle that could reshape the industry. |
| 1:27.0 | Welcome to the journal, our show about money, business, and power. |
| 1:31.0 | I'm Jessica Mendoza. |
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