Willy Solis describes himself as someone who never dreamed of being an activist. Last year, the 41-year-old Texan began working for Shipt, a grocery delivery app owned by Target that relies on tens of thousands of gig workers to complete fast, “personalized” deliveries in more than 260 cities across the United States. Shipt sports the airy, pastel positivity shared by many technology startups. As Shippers go about their jobs, Shipt encourages them to embody its corporate mantra: “Bring the Magic.”
But in recent months, Solis grew disenchanted by payment changes that caused many Shipt workers like him to earn less. When the coronavirus hit, Shipt failed to provide masks and gloves to all Shippers, and some workers say the company enforced “cult-like” demands that they not complain about their working conditions. Solis decided to become a workplace organizer. “I started being more understanding of what the company actually was, and what they are doing,” he told OneZero.
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