Instacart, Amazon workers strike as labour unrest grows during coronavirus crisis


Amazon.com trucks are at an Amazon warehouse on Staten Island in New York City, on March 30, 2020 . — Reuters

NEW YORK: Warehouse, delivery and retail gig workers in the United States went on strike on March 30 to call attention to safety and wage concerns for people labouring through the coronavirus crisis.

Among the strikers were some of the roughly 200,000 workers at US online grocery delivery company Instacart, according to strike organiser Gig Workers Collective, founded earlier this year by Instacart worker Vanessa Bain.

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