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When Rafael Ilishayev and Yakir Gola were sophomores at Drexel University in the early 2010s, their frustration over constant trips to the convenience store to pick up snacks and drinks was the foundation for their mock-ups and eventual founding of Gopuff, a now-globally recognized delivery service, specializing in quick-trip goods, snacks, and beer with short wait times for consumers.
What started as a Philly-based business quickly reached other major cities, and GoPuff now boasts thousands of driving partners across the United States. Hundreds of those workers, with help from Working Washington, a labor organization aimed at assisting low-wage workers, plan to strike on Tuesday, November 23.
GoPuff workers are striking for increased pay, better access to shifts, and protection from deactivation, according to a Working Washington website campaign to advertise the strike. Workers will drop their Tuesday shifts and refuse to fill in for the day.
"We're human and we deserve to be paid for the effort we put in," Manayunk GoPuff driver Candace Hinson told the Philadelphia Inquirer. "We deserve for all of us to be compensated appropriately."
Working Washington says that GoPuff driver's wages across the country have been cut, some by nearly $2 per hour. Workers are demanding a minimum mandated hourly wage of $20, alongside the cost of mileage.
According to the Inquirer, GoPuff officials say that their workers earn an average of $18-25 an hour, which is higher...
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