Welcome to the Drive Forward Blog! Here you will find all of our post on news and issues affecting our members, gig-workers, and the gig-economy.
Help Seattle Drivers
Delivery drivers and bike messengers who work in the City of Seattle are suffering from the consequences of broken legislation which instead of boosting pay has caused earnings to collapse. We need to make sure this broken law is reformed. Drive Forward has been...
Getting Seattle Delivery Pay Law Right; Why it Matters
We’ve been talking A LOT about the Seattle minimum payment standard for delivery workers recently. If you work on an on-demand delivery platform in Seattle like Grubhub or DoorDash you already know why it matters. You’ve seen your income take a big hit, up to 50%....
Drive Forward in the News!
Drive Forward is making news! We were featured in this King 5 story, aired on March 28, 2024, about our efforts to reform the broken delivery minimum payment standard in Seattle. Drive Forward's reform efforts aim to fix the standard so Seattle delivery drivers can...
March 2024 Newsletter
Is The “PayUp” Law Working as Intended?
Last month at our Gigonomics Lunch-and-Learn Series we reviewed the new City of Seattle “PayUp” law. This law establishes an app-based worker minimum payment standard per offer you receive from your non-rideshare apps like UberEats, DoorDash, AmazonFlex, etc. Also,...