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DoorDash to pay NY delivery workers $17 million for using their tips to cover wages (apnews.com)

submitted 3 months ago by TokenBoomer@lemmy.world to c/progressivepolitics@lemmy.world

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The company will pay $16.75 million in restitution that will be distributed to DoorDash workers who made deliveries between May 2017 and September 2019 in New York.

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[–] frunch@lemmy.world 5 points 3 months ago

Because some of the money they steal gets kicked back to the legislators that should be holding them to account. How much is a congressman's favor? $10k? 100k? Not a bad price when the ROI is in the millions.

Shit was fucked, even before Trump