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On the Clock is Motherboard's reporting on the organized labor movement, gig work, automation, and the future of work.
The strike is an escalation of a call made by the same group for customers to boycott Instacart, which workers say has repeatedly ignored their demands.
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- base pay for each order instead of the current system, which pays workers as low as $7 for batches of up to three orders
- a return to a commission-based pay model. Instacart previously paid shoppers 40 cents per item shopped
- reinstatement of the 10 percent default tip (it's currently 5 percent)
- occupational death benefits for workers who die on the job
- a rating system that doesn't punish workers for low customer ratings that are beyond their control, such as inventory issues at the grocery store
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