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Court Clears Minimum Hourly Pay for NYC Food Delivery Workers

By Caribbean American Weekly on September 28, 2023 New York City, News

Deliveristas rally outside New York County Courthouse ahead of a hearing about minimum app pay rates, Aug. 3, 2023. Ben Fractenberg/THE CITY By Claudia Irizarry Aponte | September 28, 2023 Judge affirms city rules mandating at least $17.96 an hour before tips for Uber, Grubhub and DoorDash workers, clearing New York as the first major […]

OpEd: Delivery Workers Keep Waiting for Minimum Pay: Mayor Adams and City Hall Made a Promise that Must be Redeemed

By Caribbean American Weekly on May 27, 2023 Exclusive, Immigration, The Eric Adams' Administration

Editorial credit: Vlad Ispas / Shutterstock.com When Mayor Adams and city leaders unveiled the nation’s first proposed minimum pay rate for food delivery workers last year, they made a bold promise: New York would finally deliver economic stability for an “essential” workforce. The city was required by Local Law 115 of 2021 to implement a […]