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PUBLIC TESTIMONY
Testimony by Luis Cortes, Director of Los Deliveristas Unidos at Worker Justice Project
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Luis Cortes, representing Los Deliveristas Unidos and the Worker Justice Project, testified about the valuable contributions of DCWP in addressing injustices faced by delivery workers. He highlighted the agency's role in recovering withheld wages and advocated for expanding protections for delivery workers.
- Cortes emphasized the need for increased DCWP budget to implement new protections such as pay transparency, tipping options, and deactivation protection.
- He thanked the city council and DCWP for their support of vulnerable workers and stressed the importance of collective power in facing multimillion-dollar companies.
- The testimony underscored the critical role of DCWP in enforcing labor laws and supporting worker rights in the gig economy.
Luis Cortes
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Good afternoon.
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Thank you, Council Member Menin.
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My name is Luis Cortes.
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I'm the Director of Los Olivivri Estas Unidos at the Worker Justice Project.
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Today, I want to mention the valuable contributions made by DCWP Agency with whom we have worked together to achieve significant benefits in our community.
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As a staff of the WJP, I've seen all the injustice committed by delivery companies that have used technological strategies to exploit our way of working, forcing delivery workers to work long hours, paying low wages, deactivating accounts, making it difficult for customer to tip or withholding wages that we all already earned.
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These abuses have been reported to the CWP where we have denounced how companies have deliberately withheld wages from many delivery workers in New York City.
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This work has been extensive.
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We have reported workers who have suffered from these abuses and thanks to the support and assistance of this agency, we have recovered thousands of dollars.
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Our organization is fighting on expanding local protection for delivery workers and DCWP will be the agency making companies accountable.
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These protections are paid transparency, option to tipping before the order is placed, and deactivation protection.
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Increasing the CWP budget will create the infrastructure to make these rules a reality, especially in these critical moments when the new administration is directly attacking the working class.
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Today, I want to thank the members of the city council and DCWP agency for always advocating for these vulnerable individuals.
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And with their support and resources we will be able to provide hundreds of workers with essential resources in our workplaces, offering safety, empowerment, leadership and the recognition that collective power is stronger than any multimillion dollar company.
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Thank you very much.