New york's takeout workers won the rights protection. On September 23rd, US time, new york passed a number of bills to protect the rights and interests of take-away workers, which made the take-away workers get their due rights back. New york's takeout workers won the rights protection.
New york Takeaways Win the Protection of Takeaways' Rights and Interests 1 "new york will become the first city in the United States to protect takeaways from exploitation, so as to ensure that they are respected, get guaranteed income and will not be exploited by companies with a market value of billions of dollars." New york City Council Speaker corey johnson said publicly.
On September 23, US time, when Cory Johnson gave a speech, New York State passed several bills to protect the rights and interests of takeaway workers. Cory Johnson believes that these bills are designed to give takeout workers their rights back. This is also the first bill in the United States that specifically protects the labor rights of takeaway workers.
The safeguards provided by the above-mentioned bill include: the takeaway can set the farthest delivery distance at one time and refuse to take the route with bridges and tunnels; The take-away platform shall settle the salary for the take-away staff at least once a week and report the total salary (including tips) of the day to the take-away staff every day; The takeaway platform must calculate the tip into the account of the takeaway and provide the specific amount. Unless the platform publicly discloses the delivery income of the takeaway staff, the platform shall not charge tips; The cooperative delivery restaurant must allow the takeaway to use the in-store bathroom.
The bill was jointly written by legislators and Los Deliveristas Unidos, a voluntary organization of migrant take-away workers. The bill aims at responding to the problem of lack of labor security conditions for take-away workers under the prevalence of odd-job economy.
According to the Guardian, American consumers' demand for overseas sales has greatly increased due to the COVID-19 epidemic. Take "Uber Eats" as an example. In 2020, its market growth will reach 190%, among which new york will add 36,000 takeaway workers.
At the same time, the food delivery staff realized that they would be in a high-risk position in the epidemic, but they did not have health benefits or even labor security. Some takeaways complain that they can't use the bathroom in the restaurant and often don't see the tip income in the order.
According to the VICE website, the takeaway in the odd-job economy is different from ordinary workers. They have no minimum wage guarantee, overtime pay and the right to join a trade union.
According to a survey conducted by the non-profit organization "Workers‘Justice Project", if tipping is not included, the median hourly wage of new york takeaway workers will be $7.94 in 2020. Even if the tip is included, the average hourly salary of a delivery clerk is only $65,438 +02.2 1, which is lower than the minimum wage of $65,438 +05 in new york.
In addition, 83% of new york take-out employees said that they were refused to use the restroom of the restaurant during take-out.
Gustavo Ajche, a member of Los Deliveristas Unidos, a spontaneous organization of foreign takeout workers, said that they often cooperate with multiple take-away application platforms. "Each application platform operates in a different way, but one thing is the same, that is, it does not provide protection for workers for profit."
After the new york Bill was passed, DoorDash and Grubhub, two large take-away application platforms, publicly expressed their support for the bill, claiming to agree to protect the labor rights of take-away workers.
Workers' rights advocates believe that the New York bill is a good start, but if we want to solve the problems caused by the odd-job economy, we need national legislation.
Weina dubard, a professor at Hastings Law School of the University of California, USA, suggested that the risk of accidents during childbirth is high. When they are injured at work, they should be entitled to compensation and medical care. This problem remains unresolved.
"In the short term, the bill (of new york City) is better than nothing, but legislators should not feel that what they have done is enough." Na Wei Diebold concluded.
New york Takeaways Win the Protection of Takeaways Rights and Interests. Many of the busy takeaway brothers in new york are our friends in China. They shuttled through the high-rise buildings and alleys in new york, delivering delicious food to every household, but their work was also very hard, and they came and went in the rain. In order to support their families, they have to continue to work.
However, in addition to the harsh natural conditions, the wages and working conditions of new york's takeaway workers are also very pessimistic!
According to a survey released by new york recently, the wages of the take-away workers who rely on take-away applications are usually much lower than the minimum wage in new york, and they lack basic labor and employment security. In addition, they also face dangerous working conditions in the streets of new york, including car crashes, stolen bicycles and personal attacks.
During the epidemic, the take-away business increased by 265,438+05%, but the hourly salary of many take-away workers was even less than $4. A delivery man said helplessly that it was the hard work of the delivery man that filled new york people's stomachs, but he was starving all the time.
New york City Council passed a series of bills yesterday (September 23rd, local time in new york) to improve the treatment and working conditions of more than 65,000 take-away workers in the city, grant the take-away workers the right to use the restaurant bathroom, and provide higher salary transparency.
According to an incomplete data, according to the survey data of more than 500 new york takeout workers, in the past year, nearly 70% of the takeout workers in new york were refused to use the toilet by restaurants.
Intro 2294-A proposed by City Councillor Rand will solve the problem of low salary and large variables of takeaway lang. He said that the salary of takeaway lang is affected by many factors, such as the peak delivery time, the number of delivery personnel, whether they are willing to deliver food, the customer's rating, the delivery community and the waiting time between destinations.
It is reported that this bill requires the Municipal Consumer and Labor Protection Bureau to study the working conditions of third-party take-out platforms, including income, expenditure, equipment, working hours and safety, and issue new regulations before 1 in 2023 to establish a clear wage standard. Starting from 1 in February 2024 and before 1 every year thereafter,
The bill prohibits delivery application providers from charging paid workers extra fees and requires workers to pay their wages at least once a week.
One of the bills forces take-away app providers to disclose their tipping policies so that staff can understand the specific terms more clearly.
The bill will require the takeaway platform to allow the takeaway lang to set the longest distance of each trip at any time, regardless of whether he is willing to take the bridge or tunnel. In addition, you need to provide the address of the meal, the estimated travel time and distance, the tip amount and compensation information.
You know, for many takeaways, the basic salary can't live at all, and only by tipping can you get a relatively considerable source of income.
However, the survey found that the median hourly wage of new york's takeaway workers was $7.94. Even including tips, the net hourly wage is $65,438+$02.5438 +0, which is lower than the minimum wage of $65,438+$05 in New York State.
In addition, nearly half of the delivery staff said in the survey that they didn't pay or underpay the tip, delayed payment or even paid the whole week's income.
Many new york's takeout agents are very satisfied with the introduction of this policy, and they have finally got due protection while working hard.