jl2l OP t1_izj9pxs wrote on December 9, 2022 at 2:55 PM

Reply to comment by sagenumen in Inside the Fight to Pay Food Delivery Workers $23 an Hour by jl2l

You're a moron if you think firemen make $23 an hour

sagenumen t1_izjio53 wrote on December 9, 2022 at 3:57 PM

Lol. I don't know what FDNY pays and nowhere did I pretend to. I certainly hope it's more than $23/hr. The point is that we shouldn't be discussing how to pay certain people less. Delivery workers should be making at least $23/hr.

jl2l OP t1_izjjdqh wrote on December 9, 2022 at 4:01 PM

Okay having been on the inside of how these delivery apps work I can tell you that once you make delivery workers employees what happens is managers ward over their shifts and treat them like shit they play favorites and people get screwed. The Independence is the only leverage that the drivers actually have and companies like DoorDash when they turn them into employees are going to leverage that against each other and all these delivery workers are just going to get laid off. What's better having two delivery workers that work at the restaurant or having 18 16 of which come from DoorDash. Restaurants that employ delivery workers should pay them at least $23 an hour what shouldn't be allowed is for DoorDash to bombard those restaurants with different drivers and screw those people over.

sagenumen t1_izjw7g7 wrote on December 9, 2022 at 5:24 PM

Capitalists are going to capitalist. They are always going to work the system and eke out every penny. That does not mean the workers should be impoverished to make it work.