Canadian and American Instacart workers plan to walk off the job this weekend in a bid to secure better pay and more benefits.
Non-profit labour group Gig Workers Collective says it expects up to 70 per cent of independent contractors working for the grocery delivery app to stop accepting orders on Oct. 16.
Instacart is a California-based company that uses independent contractors to fulfill grocery delivery or pickup orders placed through its app.
The workers are hoping the move will convince the company to raise the app’s default tip to at least 10 per cent for every order, reintroduce commissions and pay them…