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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
It's requisite compensation, no? Are you seriously advocating against that?

>>scolle+251
I wasn't advocating one way or the other. It was a genuine question. If 10 orders per hour is typical, that is $50/hr on top of what they are already making. Even just 4 orders per hour is an additional $20/hr. That could put the total pay to at least $30/hr? I think maybe that's fine for a luxury service like this, but that kind of pay probably shrinks the market for this service considerably, I can't imagine the margins in this business are very high.

Personally, I would be fine with paying $5 extra per order of groceries, but I'm not a user of services like this.

>>creato+Z51
Fair enough. Sorry for the hostility. I agree with you on the luxury angle. I think some portion of the cost should be passed to the consumer, but I am also in favor of the drivers being on payroll to "flatten" variability in order cost and provide income (among other things) protection for the worker. To me, the natural response to even a modicum of front-line exploitation (especially in turbulent times) should be met with scrutiny.