Council Proposes Due Process for Food Delivery Firings

Council Proposes Due Process for Food Delivery Firings

José Valdez worked doing deliveries for Grubhub for more than four years, zipping on his e-bike across lower Manhattan — accruing, he said, stellar customer ratings. He’d never received a complaint in his time working for the app, his main source of income. But last week, he said, his account was locked out of his account without warning. It wasn’t until he appealed his deactivation that Valdez, 54, learned he was removed because of one single d…

Deliveristas rally at City Hall for protections ahead of vote to block delivery apps from firing without cause

As the City Council votes to determine if delivery apps can block workers and fire them, a group rallied outside City Hall to demand fair pay and protections from the apps themselves. The rally, held on Sept. 12, had New York City's local restaurant owners and deliveristas, as well as representation from the City Council. The crowd chanted about how many groups would be impacted without fair protections. Intro 1332, brought to the City Council b…