Posts tagged NYC Delivery Workers
Deliveristas of the World Unite - May Day Special
Deliveristas of the World Unite - May Day Special

We're back for a May 1st Special episode to commemorate International Worker's Day! Happy May Day!

For our May Day special, we're looking at the struggles of Delivery Workers in New York City - we speak with Katya and Juan Carlos, two delivery workers affiliated with Los Deliveristas Unidos, an up-and-coming Delivery worker organization. Katya is a Spanish-only speaker so Lupita Romero helped interpret this segment with us.

Lea Ramirez and Julian Guerrero take on the debate around worker misclassification by Uber, Lyft, Doordash, and other App-based companies explaining how this issue is creating a second-class status for working people across the globe.

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Brianda GuzmanSeason2, coronavirus and class war, Working Class Heroes, WBAI, New York City, Protests, Covid19, Abolition, NYC Delivery Workers, Deliveristas, Los Deliveristas Unidos, Independent Contractor, Worker Misclassification, International Worker's Day, May Day, May 1st
Essential But Ignored: NYC Delivery Workers
Essential But Ignored: NYC Delivery Workers

On this week's show, Mel Gonzalez speaks with NYC delivery worker, Miguel, about their job conditions, treatment from the employer and the recent hit and run deaths of delivery workers. Lupita Romero and Julian Guerrero also discuss another segment of the informal labor force, the NYC Street Vendors, and their struggle to address police harassment and the City Council's inaction on street vending reform. Lastly, Khadija Mehter and Danny Katch give us some of the latest headlines from around the world and country.

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Brianda GuzmanSeason2, coronavirus and class war, Working Class Heroes, WBAI, New York City, Protests, NYC Delivery Workers, Essential But Ignored, Mel Gonzalez, Miguel