INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
From November 3-5, thousands of Instacart shoppers plan to protest with three demands
They want Instacart to change the default tip amount to at least 10%, ditch the service fee and commit to always giving 100% of the tip to
the option to tip in favor of guaranteeing its workers higher delivery commissions
About a month later, following pressure from its workers, the company reintroduced tipping
take the feedback of the shopper community very seriously and remain committed to listening to and using that feedback to improve their
as a tipping debacle where Instacart included tips in its base pay for shoppers
Instacart, however, has since stopped that practice and provided shoppers with back pay
Last month, California Governor Gavin Newsom signed into law gig worker protections bill AB-5
This legislation will make it harder for gig economy companies to classify their workers as 1099 independent contractors when it goes into
workers are refusing to stay silent and are more than willing to advocate for themselves
Organizers of the Instacart protest have outlined three ways for shoppers to get involved
The more active approach would entail shoppers signing up for as many hours as possible from November 3 -5, but keep letting the batches
Right now, workers are in the worst financial position we have ever been in
