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Local delivery driver urges Auburn to consider protections for gig workers
Summary
Auburn resident and delivery driver Jeffrey Walker urged the council to enact protections for gig-economy couriers, saying companies that classify drivers as contractors leave workers making as little as $2 an hour on some days and that local action could address the problem.
Jeffrey Walker, an Auburn resident and delivery driver, used Monday's public-comment period to urge the City Council to consider measures that would protect gig-economy couriers from low effective pay and unsafe work conditions.
Walker said companies that use contractor classifications — he named DoorDash, Grubhub and…
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