DoorDash mobile apps, Uber EatsRelay and GrubHub scored a victory this Friday when a judge admitted their claim that the implementation of a law in the city of NY to increase from next Wednesday the minimum salary of the food delivery men.
The companies went before the Manhattan Supreme Court on Thursday where this Friday Judge Nicholas Moyne issued the order to stop the law and pointed out that both parties, -both the applications and the lawyers of the Mayor’s Office, responsible for the measure- must present their arguments and set the date of the next hearing for July 31.
The new law will set the minimum wage for some 60,000 food delivery workers, known as ‘deliveristas’ at US$ 17.96-compared to the average 11 who earn now, without a mandatory minimum wage system- and at US$19.96 an hour as of April 2025.
The Department of Consumer and Worker Protection, held a public hearing last year following an order of the City Council (local legislature) where the parties presented their points of view, after which the minimum wage for workers was established, mostly Latin American.
DoorDash, which sued the Mayor with GrubHub, explained in a joint statement that the city’s decision, announced June 11, was the result of a process that was carried out “arbitrarily.”which was based on a “dubious” methodology and which did not comply with the law that the Council approved “no matter how wrong it was initially”.
They indicated that one of the objectives of the lawsuit is to “send a clear and unequivocal message that bad policies cannot go unnoticed” and that if the new law comes into force it would result in price increases for its customers.
The applications celebrated the court’s decision. DoorDash said that “it is an early and promising victory for consumers, local businesses and delivery workers in the city, protecting them from harmful and lasting impacts.”
“We look forward to using this time to work with the City and all stakeholders to develop a minimum wage rule that does not have devastating consequences for couriers., consumers and restaurants”, indicated Uber for its part, according to The City newspaper.
The food delivery workers formed the group ‘Los Deliveristas Unidos’ to fight for better benefits, which resulted in several laws approved last year by the Council and in the fight for the new minimum wage.
Source: Gestion
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