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Instacart’s workers will strike for safety protections and hazard pay

Gig workers for the grocery delivery app Instacart are planning an emergency strike starting Monday to protest the company's lack of worker protection during the covid-19 pandemic, a move that is likely to cause waves in the already-disrupted grocery space.

Instacart shopper Vanessa Bain shops for a customer at a Safeway in Menlo Park, Calif.
Instacart shopper Vanessa Bain shops for a customer at a Safeway in Menlo Park, Calif.Read moreNick Otto
    by Nitasha Tiku, Washington Post
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