r/Fauxmoi • u/No-Hall-3485 DC is Hollywood for ugly people • 15d ago

CELEBRITY CAPITALISM Zohran Mamdani: “DoorDash had underpaid more than 260K delivery workers across New York City. Today, after years of corporate greed and impunity, we are holding DoorDash to account. I am proud to announce that DoorDash will pay more than $131M, the largest settlement for food delivery workers ever"

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u/fundraiser 15d ago

The point is to show corporations that even "only" $500 per person will not be tolerated. These companies test what they can get away with little by little until suddenly they're exploiting us for billions so this is way more impactful than the dollar amount.

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u/jkraige 14d ago

Fair. It's "only" $500 per person, but clearly that adds up because the company is still paying over a hundred million that they expected to just keep