Q&A
Challenges in implementing delivery worker protection laws
0:30:21
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Commissioner Vilda Vera Mayuga discusses the main challenges faced in implementing delivery worker protection laws. The primary issue identified is countering false narratives in the media about the impact of these laws on the industry.
- The biggest challenge is addressing false narratives spread by apps about negative impacts on the industry
- DCWP reports show increasing numbers of deliveries per week
- There has been a $500 million increase in pay for delivery workers in just one year
- The department emphasizes the need to encourage workers to come forward and understand their rights
Sandy Nurse
0:30:21
Okay.
0:30:22
Can you just generally you know, what are some of the biggest challenges you faced with implementation of all these laws that you have passed related to delivery workers so far?
Vilda Vera Mayuga
0:30:34
I would say the biggest challenge is actually the false narrative in the media that gets put up oftentimes by apps sharing that there is a negative impact on the industry.
0:30:47
But yet we have been reporting with the very data of of of the very same apps how the number of deliveries is still increasing per week.
0:30:57
And I can't get away from that $500,000,000 number of increasing pay in just 1 year for delivery workers.
0:31:05
We're talking about $11,000,000 more a week.
0:31:07
That is real change in someone's life.
0:31:11
So I would say that that is our biggest challenge, honestly, is just countering the false narrative.
0:31:18
And, you know, we need to we need to keep fighting that to make sure that the workers know to come forward and and understand what is that they should be expected from the companies that are contracting them for this work.
