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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
An extra $5 per order might be a lot... I don't know how many orders per day is typical, but it wouldn't take that many orders for this to add up to a pretty significant amount.

>>creato+3l
Agreed. At that price, I'll go to the store myself. Assuming I'm not totally alone, it might be reasonable to expect that this strike will therefore increase the number of people going to central meeting places during the outbreak. Interesting.

>>rpdill+Yo
> At that price, I'll go to the store myself.

To save $5? Really?

Right now, I'd pay $25/order to actually get a delivery window.

>>JoshTr+Gt
I agree with you. I live with a women who is 70 years old and a women who is 65 on chemotherapy and only has 1.5 lungs. I tipped my Costco delivery person $50 yesterday for the luxury of me not having to go out and potentially expose those women to more danger in my household. In normal circumstances, I would say its too expensive, but I am more then willing to pay someone else extra for incurring those health risks. Frankly they deserve it during these times.