Mini-cast: #InstacartStrike (w/ Vanessa Bain)

This Monday (March 30) Instacart shoppers around the country will walk off the job to demand hazard pay and basic protections for working during the Covid-19 crisis. In this urgent mini-cast, we bring our friend, gig worker, and organizer Vanessa Bain back on the show to talk about the strike. 

Additional links/info below...

• Working People, Season 3, Episode 6: Vanessa Bain 
• Gig Workers' Collective website 
• Gig Workers' Collective, Medium, "Instacart Emergency Walk Off"
• Gig Workers' Collective, Medium, "Instacart’s “Response” is a Sick Joke — The Strike is Still On"
• Lauren Kaori Gurley, Vice, "Instacart’s Gig Workers Are Planning a Massive, Nationwide Strike"

Featured Music (all songs sourced from the Free Music Archive: freemusicarchive.org)

• Lobo Loco, "Malte Junior - Hall"