- 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
- action: protest
- struggles: pay_and_benefits
- 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.
- locations: portland, oregon, usa
- companies: postmates
- workers: 1000
- tags: delivery_workers, independent_contract_workers
- author: nataliyaned