Minimum Wage

Seattle's Sky-High Minimum Wage for Delivery Drivers Has Been a Disaster

"We created a problem and it's our responsibility to fix it," former Seattle City Council President Sara Nelson admitted.

John Stossel | 6.24.2026 12:30 AM

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Not long ago, new kinds of jobs appeared: app-based gig work.

They include jobs like dog walking on Rover, Taskrabbit work, DoorDash food delivery, Uber and Lyft driving.

Lots of people like gig work. It's flexible. You work when you want to work.

But "workers' rights" activists and governing socialists don't like that. Gig workers rarely join unions. They don't get a minimum wage.

"Uber and Lyft exploit their workers" is a headline at MS NOW. "We can't ignore it."

The Democratic Socialists said they had a solution. Seattle's city council imposed a $26 delivery driver minimum wage.

What could go wrong?

Two years later, we know the answer: Gig workers........

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