Instacart workers are organizing national boycott to reinstate a default 10 percent tip

Workers for grocery delivery platform Instacart are organizing a national boycott of the company next week to push for the reinstatement of a 10 percent default tip on all orders.

“We have fought for fair pay, but Instacart continues to lower it,” reads a Medium post published Monday by a group of Instacart workers. “In order to continue fulfilling your orders, we must see action from Instacart.” The group, composed of the drivers and other delivery contract workers that physically shop for and deliver groceries to customers, is asking those interested in helping the cause to use the hashtag #DeleteInstacart across social media beginning January 19th, and to delete the app until the company restores the 10 percent tip. The workers...

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