They Risked Their Lives During Covid. They Still Don’t Earn Minimum Wage.

Surveys of food deliverers and others who work for app-based services illustrate the hazards they have faced during the pandemic.

They zipped around New York City on bikes, bringing restaurant meals to customers too fearful to venture out. Others drove for Uber and Lyft, ferrying different passengers, never knowing if they might be risking their health. Throughout the pandemic, gig workers have been considered essential to helping New York function even as many residents sheltered at home. People who lost jobs during the pandemic took on gig work as a way to make some money. But despite that, many gig workers say they are left too vulnerable to the coronavirus and have not been fairly compensated.