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'It's definitely backfiring': Seattle ordinance intended to help app delivery workers is 'hurting' them


One delivery worker said the new ordinance is hurting drivers and customers.

You may have noticed that new $5 fee on Doordash and Uber Eats orders, but it is not just causing frustrated customers to delete their apps, as we reported. But KING 5's visit to the area Sunday resulted in several conversations with bored delivery workers who reiterated their wages have been slashed. Herbold said in a Tweet last spring, "It’s long past time these companies and others pay their workers fair wages and provide basic workplace protections."

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