If you are a DoorDash customer, you might have seen a pop-up message urging you to contact City Council in opposition to PayUp – new legislation I’m cosponsoring to ensure app-based workers make at least the minimum wage.

I’m a DoorDash customer, too, and I noticed that they told us that they will charge us more if they have to pay their workers a fair wage. But here is what they didn’t tell you:

They didn’t tell you that their revenues were nearly $5 billion last year.

They didn’t tell you that in 2020, DoorDash’s CEO made $413.4 million. That’s as much money as 11,469 people working full time and paid minimum wage could make in an entire year.

They didn’t tell you that their company has one of the highest numbers of employees on food stamps in all of Washington.

They didn’t tell you that their company has one of the highest numbers of employees on Medicaid in all of Washington.

They didn’t tell you about the multi-million-dollar lawsuits alleging DoorDash violated workers’ rights; one alleging unfair and deceptive business practices, another resulting in a $2.5 million settlement for allegedly pocketing workers’ tips, plus a $5.325 million settlement for allegedly not paying workers benefits.

They didn’t tell you that a disproportionate share of the 40,000 people in app-based work in Seattle are Black and Latinx workers.

They didn’t tell you that, by their own admission, $15 more an hour to get to Seattle’s minimum wage means that DoorDash is currently...

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