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☆ Has Starbucks Surpassed Amazon as the Villain of Big Labor?
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-23 | by ( Ginia Bellafante | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +2 min

For more than a year, Felix Santiago has worked as a barista at a Starbucks near Times Square, and for about half that time he loved it. It was easy to swap shifts, easy to pick up new ones, easy to get along with supervisors who were largely accommodating. His rent, $1,000 a month, for a room in a Bronx apartment, was no longer manageable, he said, so he began bouncing around from sofa to sofa, from friend’s place to friend’s place. “I don’t have to tell you that Starbucks workers get our city moving every morning,” he wrote. “Their city stands with them in their push for fair conditions and workers’ rights.”But what did that mean in practice?

Persons: Felix Santiago, Mr, Santiago, Eric Adams, ”, “ Organizations: Starbucks, Local, Service Employees International Union, City, Department of Consumer and Worker, Workweek Law Locations: Times, Bronx

☆ Starbucks workers file more labor complaints with NYC as union goes on largest-ever strike
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-16 | by ( Amelia Lucas | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +3 min

Members of a recently formed union of Starbucks workers hold a rally to celebrate the first anniversary of their founding, December 9, 2022 in New York City. Starbucks workers in New York City have filed 14 more complaints alleging that the coffee giant violated the city's labor laws. Starbucks baristas have repeatedly accused the company of running afoul of the law: They have filed nearly 70 complaints with the city related to the law since February. The allegations come as Starbucks baristas at more than 200 locations nationwide strike Thursday, on the company's busy Red Cup promotion day. Starbucks Workers United said the strike is protesting understaffing at the company's locations, particularly on promotion days.

Persons: understaffing, baristas, Deborah Hall Lefevre, Sara Kelly, Chipotle, Alberto Oliart Organizations: Starbucks, Red, Starbucks Workers United, Workers, National Labor Relations Board, city's Department of Consumer and Worker Protection, CNBC Locations: New York City, York City, Brooklyn

REUTERS/Arnd Wiegmann//File Photo Acquire Licensing RightsSept 28 (Reuters) - A New York state judge on Thursday rejected a bid by Uber Technologies Inc (UBER.N), DoorDash Inc and Grubhub Inc to block New York City's novel law setting a minimum wage for app-based delivery workers. The law will require companies to pay delivery workers $17.96 an hour, which will rise to nearly $20 in April 2025. App-based delivery workers are usually treated as independent contractors rather than company employees, so general minimum wage laws do not apply to them. They say city officials based the minimum wage law based on flawed studies and statistics. The companies allege the city's surveys of delivery workers were biased and designed to elicit responses that would justify a minimum wage.

Persons: Arnd, Nicholas Moyne, Moyne, Uber, Daniel Wiessner, Chris Reese, Aurora Ellis Organizations: REUTERS, Uber Technologies, DoorDash Inc, Grubhub Inc, New York, Companies, New York City Department of Consumer and Worker, Thomson Locations: Davos, Switzerland, York, Moyne, United States, Albany , New York

☆ Judge temporarily blocks NYC’s food delivery minimum wage law
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-07 | by ( Samantha Delouya | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +3 min

CNN —A judge has blocked New York City’s minimum wage law for food delivery workers from going into effect on July 12 until there is a hearing for a lawsuit filed by DoorDash and Grubhub against the city. The law, announced last month, would increase pay for app delivery workers to $17.96 per hour before tips on July 12 and bump up the minimum wage to nearly $20 per hour in April 2025. Uber — the parent company of Uber Eats — filed a separate lawsuit against the city challenging the law. New York City’s minimum wage law comes after online meal delivery services surged in popularity during the pandemic, and food delivery volumes still remain higher than pre-Covid levels. We look forward to the court’s decision and to apps beginning to pay these workers a dignified rate.”According to a news release from the city, Manhattan’s 60,000 food delivery workers currently make $7.09 per hour, on average.

Persons: CNN —, DoorDash, Uber, —, Judge Nicholas Moyne, “, ” Grubhub, Vilda Vera Mayuga Organizations: CNN, Uber, DoorDash, New Yorkers, New York’s Department of Consumer and Worker, New York City Department of Consumer Locations: York, New York, New York City, New

☆ Doordash, Grubhub and Uber sue New York City over minimum wage law
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-06 | by ( Samantha Delouya | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +3 min

CNN —Food delivery platforms DoorDash, Grubhub and Uber Eats are challenging in court New York City’s new minimum wage law for app food delivery workers. All three companies sued the city, maintaining that the law would hurt delivery workers more than help them. In a statement to CNN, DoorDash called the law “bad policy,” though it said it was not opposed to a minimum wage for delivery workers. According to a news release from New York City, food delivery workers currently make $7.09 per hour, on average. There are more than 60,000 food delivery workers working in the city, according to the local government.

Persons: Grubhub, Uber, —, DoorDash, Eric Adams, ”, Josh Gold, Uber’s, “ Organizations: CNN, New York, Uber, New York City Department of Consumer, New York City Locations: New, New York, New York City

Uber, DoorDash, and Grubhub are suing New York City to block a new minimum wage law for delivery workers. Beginning on July 12, delivery apps must pay drivers about $18 per hour they are active on the app. Beginning July 12, delivery drivers in New York City must earn a minimum wage of about $18 an hour, according to a law signed by Eric Adams last month. The new minimum wage would require delivery apps to either pay drivers roughly 50 cents per minute of every trip or pay drivers $17.96 per hour they are active on the app. "Now because there are more delivery drivers and people are ordering less and tipping less, it's becoming more difficult.

Persons: —, Eric Adams, DoorDash, Alberto Mendes, Mendes, we're, Grubhub, I've, Harry Campbell, Guy, Uber Organizations: New, Service, Drivers, Department of Consumer and Worker, Grubhub, Unidos Locations: New York City, New York

☆ Uber and DoorDash warn of huge changes when New York City adopts its new $18 minimum wage for delivery workers
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-13 | by ( Gloria Dawson | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

New York City announced a new law making $18 the minimum wage for delivery workers. "New York City is setting the tone for across America," Adams said during a press conference announcing the new minimum wage. Currently, most apps pay delivery workers, who are contractors and not employees, per order. DoorDash's spokesperson said many of its delivery workers are casual users who are supplementing income at their full- or part-time jobs. Grubhub, for its part, said the pay structure had "good intentions" but would have "serious adverse consequences for delivery workers in New York City."

Persons: Uber, —, Eric Adams, Adams, Josh Gold, Gold, DoorDash's, Gloria Dawson Organizations: York City, Service, New York City Department of Consumer, New Locations: York, York City, America, New York City, New York

☆ New York City announces minimum wage for app food delivery workers
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-11 | by ( Ramishah Maruf | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +4 min

New York CNN —New York City on Sunday announced a new minimum pay-rate for app food delivery workers amid a rise in use of services like Uber Eats and DoorDash since the pandemic. The city says delivery apps will have flexibility in how they pay delivery workers the new minimum rate. “Our delivery workers have consistently delivered for us — now, we are delivering for them,” New York City Mayor Eric Adams said in a statement. Delivery workers also struggled to find spaces when it rained or access to restrooms. “People view delivery workers as dirty, smelly and taking up too much space,” said Joshua Wood, a member of Workers Justice Project told CNN in May.

Persons: Uber, ”, Eric Adams, there’s, Ligia Guallpa, DoorDash, it’s, “ Today’s, “, ” Uber, Josh Gold, Uber Eats, Joshua Wood, Adams Organizations: New, New York CNN — New, Sunday, York City, Worker’s, Euromonitor International, CNN, Workers Justice Project, ”, Department of Consumer and, Protection, Unidos Locations: New York, New York CNN — New York City, York, New York City

☆ New York City Delays Enforcement of AI Bias Law
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-13 | by ( Richard Vanderford | ) www.wsj.com time to read: +3 min

New York City is delaying the enforcement of a law requiring bias audits of artificial intelligence systems used in hiring, following questions from industry over the specifics of how in practice the groundbreaking legislation would apply. The move comes after an outpouring of concern among businesses, AI vendors and professional firms about how exactly they could comply with the city’s law. Detractors have expressed concern that the use of AI tools could inadvertently apply prejudices at scale to the recruitment process. Proponents, though, have argued that AI systems used in hiring could ultimately be fairer and more transparent than human resources staff, who can bring their own biases to the job. The scrutiny of AI tools is good, but should be balanced, said Emily Dickens, head of government affairs for the Society for Human Resource Management.

☆ New York’s Landmark AI Bias Law Prompts Uncertainty
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-21 | by ( Richard Vanderford | ) www.wsj.com time to read: +7 min

“If you are an organization that’s using some type of these tools…it can be pretty confusing.”The city law will potentially impact a large number of employers. New York City in 2021 had just under 200,000 businesses, according to the New York State Department of Labor. AI technology can help businesses hire and onboard candidates more quickly amid a “war for talent,” said Emily Dickens, SHRM’s head of government affairs. Which is scary,” Ms. Zuloaga said, adding that she supports the scrutiny AI systems have started to receive. Some critics have argued the New York law doesn’t go far enough.

☆ New York City sues Starbucks on claims the company illegally fired a Queens barista for union organizing
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-03 | by ( Bethany Biron | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

New York City is suing Starbucks for allegedly firing an employee and union organizer in Queens. "Starbucks continues to wrongfully fire pro-union workers nationwide in retaliation for union organizing," the fired employee said in a statement. In a statement, Locke urged Starbucks to "rehire all illegally fired workers and put an end to their illegal union-busting campaign." "It's been a year since the campaign with Starbucks Workers United began at a Starbucks in Buffalo, NY," Locke said. Starbucks continues to wrongfully fire pro-union workers nationwide in retaliation for union organizing."

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