Coronavirus: Instacart’s response ‘a sick joke,’ strike still on today, workers say

Coronavirus: Instacart’s response ‘a sick joke,’ strike still on today, workers say

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https://www.siliconvalley.com/2020/03/30/coronavirus-instacarts-response-a-sick-joke-strike-still-on-today-workers-say/

Angry delivery workers for groceries-to-your-door giant Instacart vow they’ll go ahead with a planned strike today, calling the company’s response to their coronavirus-related pay and safety demands “a sick joke” and “insulting for a number of reasons.”

A group of workers, known by Instacart as “shoppers” who shop for and deliver groceries, issued a series of demands last week, including $5-per-order hazard pay, an increase of the default tip amount in the ordering app to 10% of the order total from what workers say is zero to 5%, and safety items like hand sanitizer and sanitizing wipes. The workers also demanded increased and extended pay for shoppers having “a doctor’s note for either a pre-existing condition that’s a known risk factor (for COVID-19) or requiring a self-quarantine.” The group, which has said it represents thousands of shoppers across the U.S., said in an online post that Instacart was “profiting astronomically off of us literally risking our lives.”