On April 7, delivery workers and city leaders gathered near City Hall Park to open what they said is the nation’s first Deliverista Hub — a place that allows delivery workers 24-hour access to charge their e-bikes and phones, repair their bikes, and take shelter from any inclement weather.
A new law in New York City to pay delivery workers nearly $18 per hour was supposed to go into effect last month, but app companies have sued to prevent the wage hike.
Life as a food delivery man in New York City is anything but easy. Any one of them can recite a litany of concerns from road safety to the theft of their expensive e-bikes. In addition, lack of access to a restroom all day “is a big problem for us right now,” one worker said. Brooklyn-based Workers Justice Project believes they deserve a voice and aims to speak up for them.
