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>>onewho+(OP)
Here are their demands: https://medium.com/@GigWorkersCollective/instacart-emergency...

- Safety precautions at no cost to workers — PPE (at minimum hand sanitizer, disinfectant wipes/sprays and soap).

- Hazard pay — an extra $5 per order and defaulting the in-app tip amount to at least 10% of the order total.

- An extension and expansion of pay for workers impacted by COVID-19 — anyone who has a doctor’s note for either a preexisting condition that’s a known risk factor or requiring a self-quarantine.

- The deadline to qualify for these benefits must be extended beyond April 8th.

>>elicas+z2
Considering that hospitals are barely able to get PPE, I think they should be given first priority over delivery people who don't necessarily have to interact with anyone on the receiving end

>>derisi+rf
Yes and given they are doing “contactless delivery” now how much risk is there really in contracting this virus from just being outside (especially since most people are inside)?

>>chrisc+Eh
They still have to go to the store, walk around with everyone else shopping, interact with the checkout employees, and travel to their dropoff location. Just because the person receiving the delivery doesn't contact them doesn't make an entire delivery contactless.

>>kaikai+rk
I understand there is still some elevated risk, but shelter-in-place orders aren’t issued because it is dangerous to go outside—it’s to keep sick people from going outside.