Claudia Irizarry Aponte/THE CITY
More than 2,000 food delivery workers biked from Times Square to Foley Square on Wednesday afternoon, briefly shutting down traffic on Broadway, to demand better wages and protections from the tech giants that run delivery app platforms.
Los Deliveristas Unidos had rallied before but this time, the workers who spoke were joined by a powerful new ally: the city’s largest union of service workers. The union executive who spoke from the stage on behalf of SEIU 32BJ vowed:
“We’re going to win together.”
The commitment from the 32BJ the same union instrumental in winning city fast food workers an unprecedented $15 minimum wage six years ago could be a game-changer for the Deliveristas.