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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
honestly, i'm surprised that their demands are so few and so modest. i was expecting significantly higher numbers for the hazard pay portion of their demands.

i can't understand what might prevent amazon and instacart from assenting to these demands as soon as they have the logistical ability to provide the necessary items to their staff.

the national situation isn't permissive of corporations dragging their feet when essential services are down at the moment.

on the other hand, workers treated to a hopefully quick victory will not forget this when the pandemic ends. if we're lucky, the balance of power will shift to their favor.

>>cryosh+p8
I agree that they're reasonable demands, but I'd also state that the business models were never really sustainable in the first place, so prices probably need to be raised in order to do so. I used to have a view into their delivery economics and they looked insurmountable. My friend, who currently works for Amazon's delivery program for Fresh and Now, tells me that only a few markets have achieved profitability, and even then we're talking about averaging cents per order. An increase in costs of >$5/order would mean either an increase in prices or a huge hit to cash flow.

>>darksa+3h
Charging an extra $5/order sounds extremely reasonable given the circumstances.

>>kevinv+wm
It's reasonable to me. Maybe not so reasonable to someone unemployed, diagnosed, and only buying online because they're responsibly self isolating. It's probably the right thing to do in the end, because the business model was never sustainable in the first place, but I would still think hard about how to prevent people from infecting others in an attempt to save money.