0402.json

{
    "id": 436,
    "date": "2021/04/21",
    "sources": [
        "https://www.vice.com/en/article/epn437/nyc-gig-workers-are-organizing-against-rampant-e-bike-theft-and-assault"
    ],
    "actions": [
        "protest"
    ],
    "struggles": [
        "working conditions",
        "unfair labor practices",
        "pay and benefits",
        "job security"
    ],
    "employment_types": [
        "gig workers"
    ],
    "description": "New York City delivery workers who ride e-bikes for food delivery apps protested against wage theft, lack of protections, and poor working conditions, including rampant theft of their e-bikes and violent assault while on the job. The protest was organized by Los Deliveristas Unidos, a grassroots campaign formed by immigrant Latinx delivery workers in New York City in 2020 during the pandemic.",
    "online": null,
    "locations": [
        "new york city-new york-usa"
    ],
    "companies": [
        "uber",
        "doordash",
        "grubhub",
        "postmates",
        "chowbus",
        "relay"
    ],
    "workers": 1000,
    "tags": [
        "delivery_workers",
        "industry solidarity"
    ],
    "author": [
        "CM"
    ],
    "latlngs": [
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        ],
        [
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            -73.916581098189
        ]
    ],
    "addresses": [
        "Uber Limo Livery Hold Lot, Cargo Plaza Road, Queens, City of New York, New York, 11430, United States",
        "Relay Building A, 9th Avenue, Manhattan Community Board 12, Manhattan, New York County, City of New York, New York, 10034, United States"
    ]
}