EFE.- New York City held public hearings on Friday on its proposal to create a minimum wage for food delivery drivers for questions, where the disagreement with the platforms emerged, as well as the fact that not all distributors think the same way.
The Consumer and Worker Protection Department presented a proposal for this sector last November, estimated to require more than 65,000 workers, to set the wage of $23.82 an hour for 2025, rejected by the “deliveristas”, as this group is known, who ask for an extra $5.
This Friday this sector defended its proposal, assuring that it is possible and that the city’s proposal does not meet its economic needs.
Ligia Gualpa, director of the Labor Justice Project, which represents delivery boys, said these workers, a large number of South American immigrants, must make an initial investment of about $10,000 to start working as delivery boys and between $500 and $1,000 a month for other needs not covered by the applications.
The comptroller’s office argued that the city’s proposal be revised so that starting at least January 1, they start getting paid $15 an hour, which is the minimum wage in New York. and also proposed that they get paid for the time they wait between calls to make a food delivery.
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Delivery workers assure that minimum wage is not the solution
On the other side, DoorDash, one of the applications for which delivery men work, opposes the minimum wage proposal and its representatives have assured that this would be redundant in about $87 million in losses for restaurants and about $29 million for his company in 2023 because food orders would drop as the cost of delivery is expected to rise.
During the hearing, a group of application workers from the Relay against the minimum wage proposal was also heard. making sure they’ve never had problems paying for their work and that the $12.50/hour they now earn can be converted, thanks to tips, into $40 and even $50.
Other workers were also skeptical of the minimum wage, expressing concerns that they would lose the flexibility they now have to create their own work schedule as they see fit. which for two delivery girls means earning money by working part-time to pay the bills and be able to take care of the children.
“The minimum wage proposal is not bad, but I think it limits people like me and our ability to be more flexible. I have no issues with the raise, it’s just that I don’t think I’ll be able to work as flexibly as a single mom as I’d like.pointed to a delivery girl.
“We need this money because we need flexibility,” he said.
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