0399.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": [
        [
            40.65532605,
            -73.79478942223645
        ]
    ],
    "addresses": [
        "Uber Limo Livery Hold Lot, Cargo Plaza Road, Queens, Queens County, New York, 11430, United States"
    ]
}