Dozens of rideshare and delivery workers gathered at Little Bay Park for a memorial honoring colleagues who died while working for app-based companies. The event included portraits, candles, and speeches calling for enhanced safety protections in the gig economy. The Justice for App Workers coalition, representing over 130,000 workers, demands emergency safety tools, customer identification verification, and insurance for families of workers killed on the job. Advocates emphasize the dangers of extreme working hours and urge tech companies to enact stronger protections against fatigue and unsafe working conditions.
"For every name we read aloud at this memorial, there are families left grieving and coworkers left fearing the same fate," said Adaligisa Payero, a leader of the Union de Taxistas de New York (UTANY) and member of the coalition.
The coalition's demands include emergency safety tools such as panic buttons and real-time tracking, verified customer identification, permanent bans for customers who harass or assault workers, as well as insurance and survivor benefits for families of workers killed on the job.
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