“I think it’s wonderful that they’re supporting us,” delivery worker Sergio Ajche said of 32BJ. DoorDash, a multi-billion dollar delivery platform workers rely on and often despise, pledged to help relieve their strain through measures such as access to some restaurants’ restrooms. Since the group’s founding last year and coverage by THE CITY, the workers have won fast-track priority for COVID vaccinations. The 32BJ support comes at a critical time for the workers as they assert their growing influence and seek to make the most of their elevated profile.
We’re going to win fair wages, we’re going to win together.” We are going to win this fight together, we were going to win this fight, just like we took on fast food,” 32BJ Union Secretary-Treasure Marty Pastreich said in Foley Square Wednesday. “I’m here to tell you that we have your backs. But organized labor’s advocacy, legal support and political muscle could help power them to improved wages and working conditions. The commitment from the 32BJ - the same union instrumental in winning city fast food workers an unprecedented $15 minimum wage six years ago - could be a game-changer for the Deliveristas.Īs gig workers who pick up jobs by the swipe, they are not presently eligible to join a traditional union shop. The union executive who spoke from the stage on behalf of SEIU 32BJ vowed: “We’re going to win together.”
Los Deliveristas Unidos had rallied before - but this time, the workers who spoke were joined by a powerful new ally: the city’s largest union of service workers. More than 2,000 food delivery workers biked from Times Square to Foley Square on Wednesday afternoon, briefly shutting down traffic on Broadway, to demand better wages and protections from the tech giants that run delivery app platforms.
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