Gig economy companies like Uber and Instacart are helping Americans far and wide cope with the coronavirus—from delivering groceries to the elderly to helping restaurants that can only provide takeout orders. Yet progressives in Seattle now want to harm these companies. Seattle’s notorious City Council on Monday will vote on a regulation to require ride-hailing and food-delivery services to pay workers an additional $5 for each stop they make in the city. Working Washington, the labor group behind the regulation, says this...

Source: Wall Street Journal May 29, 2020 22:52 UTC