When Postmates cut their pay and got rid of their minimum guarantee per job, they told drivers the new rates would “remove the need for a minimum guarantee.”

What they meant was, apparently, was that they no longer felt the need to guarantee their workers they’d be paid for their time at all.

When we called them out, their response was to brag that they let their workers keep their tips and talk about workers’ “long-term upward mobility.”

What they failed to mention was what their new pay system actually means for the people doing the work: pay that comes out to less than they were making before, less than the minimum wage, and less than what Postmates owes.

The reality is, Postmates and all the other gig companies — like DoorDash, Grubhub, and UberEats — seem to be chipping away at workers’ pay. They’re all trying to figure out their own “innovative” way of avoiding their obligation to just pay the people who do the work.

That’s why workers on all these different platforms are fighting back. That’s why thousands of Postmates couriers across the country are standing together this Saturday in a #BlitzUp day of action to demand a new minimum guarantee of $6 per job, plus the cost of mileage.

If you’re a Postmates worker, click here to sign on and share the #BlitzUp.

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