0118.json

{
    "id": 106,
    "date": "2018/11/23",
    "sources": [
        "https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/carolineodonovan/instacart-delivery-workers-strike-gig-workers-labor-movement",
        "https://www.change.org/p/instacart-revert-back-to-old-pay-system-for-instacart"
    ],
    "actions": [
        "strike"
    ],
    "struggles": [
        "pay and benefits"
    ],
    "employment_types": [
        "gig workers"
    ],
    "description": "A group of Instacart delivery workers is waging an ongoing 'soft strike' against the companies to demand better pay this Thanksgiving weekend for the third year in a row. The workers, who are independent contractors, say a recent change to the grocery delivery platform's pay structure was an effective pay cut that\u2019s threatening their livelihoods. As a result, they\u2019re refusing to deliver extra-heavy items, drive more than eight miles per order, or accept time-consuming, low-paying jobs. A group of delivery workers wrote  a letter sent to Instacart CEO Apoorva Mehta.",
    "online": null,
    "locations": [
        "usa"
    ],
    "companies": [
        "instacart"
    ],
    "workers": 1300,
    "tags": null,
    "author": [
        "organizejs"
    ],
    "latlngs": null,
    "addresses": null
}