Instacart Gig Workers Threaten Strike; Company Increases Benefits
Deliveries could be disrupted Monday if Instacart contractors walk out over working conditions and sick leave pay during COVID-19. “For the past several weeks, Instacart Shoppers and Gig Workers Collective have been urging Instacart to take proper safety precautions. We…
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have been ignored,” blogged the Gig Workers Collective Friday. Workers said Instacart has “turned this pandemic into a PR campaign, portraying itself the hero of families that are sheltered-in-place, isolated, or quarantined,” while not providing health protections to its shoppers. The company promised to pay its shoppers up to 14 days if they are diagnosed or placed in mandatory quarantine, which so-called gig workers said fell short. That policy was to expire April 8. The food delivery platform updated its policy Friday, extending it to May 8. It’s offering up to 14 days of pay for any hourly employee or full-service shopper diagnosed with COVID-19 or in individual mandatory isolation, it blogged. The company introduced bonus payments.