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Working for the platforms was sold as a way to make extra money on a flexible schedule.

But that’s not what it looks like today. Nearly one in four people in the U.S. now participate in some form of app-based work. Black people make up 23% of app-based workers — nearly double their representation in the overall workforce — yet consistently earn less for identical work.

But tech platforms valued at billions of dollars are moving rapidly to cut costs by lowering the pay, protections, and benefits of workers. At Color Of Change, we are demanding a system that works for the people in it.

Join Color Of Change to demand fair pay protections for app-based workers and call for accountability for companies that perpetuate wage discrimination. Sign on to our demands urging these companies to meet us at the table to discuss a brighter future for app based workers.

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DoorDash, Instacart, Lyft, and Uber are among those using algorithms to track how long their workers stay on an app, what jobs they accept, and how urgently they need income. These algorithms calculate what the employers can pay to get the job done at the lowest rate possible. This didn’t happen by accident. This is a system designed to extract as much work as possible for as little pay as possible.

These wage disparities are well-documented. Workers are taking to online forums to expose how their promised wages are not reflective of what they were paid for completing service.

These platforms rely on fear and exploitation to make their billions. That's why Color Of Change recently sent letters of concern urging them to consider the following:

• Interrogate algorithmic bias and how it adds to the pay and wage gap for people of color and other underrepresented  communities.
• Develop an independent commission outside of the corporation to evaluate and make recommendations to the application’s algorithmic bias.
• Create clear, consistent pricing rules, and stop using personal information to charge higher prices to Black and other communities of color.
• Make sure all workers get fair pay for doing the same work.
• Increase base pay wages, ensuring all workers are getting fair and appropriate wages.

Join us and support app-based workers as a part of Color Of Change's Fair Pay, Fair Price campaign. Sign on to our letters of concern and urge these companies to respond.

Technology should make work more stable, more fair, and more predictable. Right now, it’s doing the opposite. And that’s not inevitable.

Thank you for joining us to take action.

Until Justice Is Real,

Color Of Change