Five Food Delivery Workers Have Died on the Job in B'klyn in Past Year (New York: school, university)
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Five food delivery workers have died on the job in Brooklyn over the past year, with the most recent just over two weeks ago, according to a scathing new report by the delivery workers collective Los Deliveristas Unidos that details the harrowing working conditions that those who deliver food to New Yorkers are faced to endure.
Los Deliveristas say the report, a joint effort of the Workers’ Justice Project (of which Los Deliveristas are a part) and Cornell University’s IRL School, is the “first of its kind” to comprehensively document the state of the gig economy for food delivery workers, who number at about 65,000 citywide.
The authors surveyed 500 app-based delivery workers in New York City, conducted focus groups, and interviewed delivery workers individually to accrue their findings, released Sept. 14.
They all died from traffic accidents. Having seen how these guys ride their bikes at breakneck speeds and breaking all kinds of traffic laws - riding on sidewalks, riding against incoming traffic, swerving in and around buses and trucks, etc. They think they are driving in Nigeria or Mexico instead of the USA.
They all died from traffic accidents. Having seen how these guys ride their bikes at breakneck speeds and breaking all kinds of traffic laws - riding on sidewalks, riding against incoming traffic, swerving in and around buses and trucks, etc. They think they are driving in Nigeria or Mexico instead of the USA.
According to the posted article, this is basically the truth..........
They all died from traffic accidents. Having seen how these guys ride their bikes at breakneck speeds and breaking all kinds of traffic laws - riding on sidewalks, riding against incoming traffic, swerving in and around buses and trucks, etc. They think they are driving in Nigeria or Mexico instead of the USA.
So true. They use those e-bikes going at speeds faster than vehicular traffic, in all different directions, not paying attention, and then wonder why there are fatalities.
So true. They use those e-bikes going at speeds faster than vehicular traffic, in all different directions, not paying attention, and then wonder why there are fatalities.
Not only are they riding at breakneck speeds, they are often:
a) looking at their phone while riding
b) talking on their phone while riding
c) have headphones on
d) smoking cigarettes
e) all of the above at the same time
Not only are they riding at breakneck speeds, they are often:
a) looking at their phone while riding
b) talking on their phone while riding
c) have headphones on
d) smoking cigarettes
e) all of the above at the same time
Well yes. We cant possibly blame ANY of the stellar 4 wheeled drivers in our fair city. They never have accidents unless it is with those heinous food-delivery people.
Well yes. We cant possibly blame ANY of the stellar 4 wheeled drivers in our fair city. They never have accidents unless it is with those heinous food-delivery people.
Forgot to add that most of the delivery ppl are often not wearing any safety equipment like helmets, wrist, or knee pads. So when they take a hit . . . they REALLY take a hit.
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