Labor Gains: NYC Delivery Workers Say New Minimum Wage Lets Them Ride Safely

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By Julianne CubaJan 3, 2024, 12:00 am90 pts
Time is money — and safer streets. The city’s new minimum pay rate for delivery workers, which went into effect late in 2023 after numerous legal challenges, is incentivizing workers to slow down, stop at red lights, and follow the rules of the road — transgressions that have become commonplace within…

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