New York enacts new laws protecting food delivery people | united states | WORLD

The food deliverers New Yorkwhich deliver orders via apps, achieved another victory for their claims, since from tomorrow (Friday) they will have the right to receive more information about deliveries before accepting them and will be able to decide how far they want to go and which bridges or tunnels are not willing to go through.

Los “deliveristas” As these workers call themselves, almost all immigrants, they will have the right to decide which delivery routes they will use, to be paid at least once a week and to receive a free thermal bag for food after six deliveries, the mayor reported in a statement. Eric Adams and the Department of Consumer Affairs.

These worker protection laws are the second part of a set of new laws passed last year that regulate food delivery apps.

It is estimated that there are more than 65,000 workers in the food delivery sector, with the largest number being Latinos, followed by Bangladeshis.

Mayor Adams noted that these workers face difficult conditions throughout the year, “often for meager pay, just to do their job. These hard-earned protections are vitally important to moving the job forward.”.

In 2020, food delivery people organized into a union called “The Deliverers United” (in Spanglish) with the support of Worker Justice Project and denounced precarious working conditions made worse by the pandemic, during which their work became indispensable for thousands of New Yorkers confined to their homes by the COVID-19.

After an intense struggle and a massive march to demand better working conditions and an end to the violence that has cost the lives of some “deliveristas” and theft of their bicycles from others, the City Council approved several laws that guarantee their protection and regulate the million dollar industry of food applications.

The first part of these laws were put into effect last January. Beginning January 1, 2023, applications will also be required to pay workers the new minimum wage rate to be established by the city.

The Department of Consumer Affairs is conducting a study on working conditions to determine the new minimum rate. As part of this effort, there will be a public hearing in June to hear testimony from delivery people and other interested parties, the City Council statement added.

It further indicates that to educate these workers about their new rights, the agency has been working closely with organizations to guide them in Spanish, English, Chinese and Bengali.

He has also sent emails to the applications about his new obligations with delivery men and has visited restaurants.

“Couriers are an integral part of the New York City economy and their work deserves to be recognized”said the director of Department of Consumer Affairs, Wild Vera Mayuga.

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