JwJ worked with Gig Workers Rising, We Drive Progress and other unions and worker centers to drive innovative organizing and policy to address new forms of worker exploitation in the “gig” economy. We were relentless in our fight against billion dollar app-based companies to ensure basic rights for app workers.
In 2019, we organized a hearing at the San Francisco Board of Supervisors where a hundred workers spoke out, and passed a unanimous Board resolution in support of Assembly Bill 5 and gig worker rights. AB 5 passed last year, supporting basic rights like minimum wage and overtime for millions of California workers. When the pandemic hit, we helped pass an ordinance protecting health and safety for app-based delivery drivers and the public they serve.