City officials and advocates are outraged that the tech giants behind the exploitive delivery gig economy have yet again sued to block a city law that protects delivery workers from random deactivations — a key workplace improvement that also keeps streets safer.
Last week, Uber, Instacart and Amazon sued to block new requirements to give workers “deactivation” protections — that is, giving workers 120 days’ notice before kicking them off the platform permanently and providing a reason for the deactivation; creating a progressive discipline structure so that deactivation is a last resort; and creating an independent appeals process.
The law builds on the success of the delivery worker minimum pay standard and is seen as essential for street safety because it would eliminate the constant threat of deactivation that leads to workers to put street safety on the back burner in order to keep their precarious jobs. The city vowed to defend it in court…