Hundreds of Gopuff drivers across the country plan to strike Tuesday to demand better pay and working conditions, escalating a labor dispute between the fast-growing delivery service and many of its gig workers.
Drivers who deliver beer, snacks, and toiletries from dozens of facilities will refuse to work for 24 hours, said Sage Wilson, a spokesperson for the pro-labor group Working Washington, which has organized drivers. Dozens of drivers are expected to demonstrate outside Gopuff’s Philadelphia headquarters near Third and Spring Garden streets, he added.
It’s not clear exactly how many drivers will participate. Dozens of facilities would make up a fraction of the firm’s 500 fulfillment centers nationwide. But the strike would be the most significant action yet by drivers who are mostly independent contractors. Organizers of the strike said even a relatively small number of unfilled shifts could disrupt Gopuff’s promise of half-hour deliveries.
This summer Gopuff slashed minimum hourly pay rates that it guarantees scheduled drivers, called subsidies, and recently reduced some bonuses for delivering higher numbers of orders. Meanwhile, the Philadelphia-based company has raised billions of dollars from investors and expanded across the globe, launching in the U.K. earlier this month.
“We’re human and we deserve to be paid for the effort that we put in,” said Candace Hinson, a driver for Gopuff’s Manayunk facility who is helping organize the strike. “We deserve for all of...
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