New York City’s food delivery workers will be the first in the country to get a minimum wage

Food delivery workers in the Big Apple will be the first in the country to get a minimum pay rate. Read more……

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“This rule will set the pay floor for all the essential deliveristas who work tirelessly—whether through a pandemic, a snowstorm or wildfire smoke—and who have been denied a living wage for far too long,” said Ligia Guallpa, executive director of WJP, in a statement. “Now, these workers who keep millions of New Yorkers fed will know they can keep their own families fed, too.”

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This story was updated with comments from DoorDash, Grubhub, and Uber Eats.