0151.json

{
    "id": 147,
    "date": "2019/06/15",
    "sources": [
        "https://www.wweek.com/news/2019/06/13/portland-postmates-workers-to-join-national-protest-of-pay-cut-by-only-accepting-surge-price-deliveries/",
        "https://payup.wtf/blitzup",
        "https://katu.com/news/local/postmates-workers-demand-raise-by-using-a-blitz-up"
    ],
    "actions": [
        "protest"
    ],
    "struggles": [
        "pay and benefits"
    ],
    "employment_types": [
        "gig workers"
    ],
    "description": "Thousands' of Postmates employees activated a Blitz Up app on June 15. The app prevented them from taking any delivery jobs without a 'Blitz bonus' of 1.5x the typical rate. The action was taken to protest pay cuts that went into effect May 2019. Blitz Up was created by the Pay Up Campaign, a group of Instacart workers that organized to protest pay cuts in January 2019. ",
    "online": null,
    "locations": [
        "portland-oregon-usa"
    ],
    "companies": [
        "postmates"
    ],
    "workers": 1000,
    "tags": null,
    "author": [
        "nataliyaned"
    ],
    "latlngs": null,
    "addresses": null
}