Instacart is facing a revolt

[Users and workers are boycotting Instacart.]( Last week, thousands of Instacart users took a 72-hour break from the delivery app to demand that the company put in place a 10 percent default tip for its delivery workers. (The rate is currently 5 percent.) Then, days after the strike, Instacart sent a message to workers to say it would be eliminating a $3 “quality bonus” it pays its high-performing workers, which can account for up to 40 percent of some workers’ earnings, according to Vice. Instacart denies that this was an act of retaliation, but the move has prompted customers, activists, and even a [California legislator](to rebuke the company using the hashtags [#DeleteInstacart]( and [#BoycottInstacart](. - Why is the bonus a big deal? Instacart delivery workers, especially those who have built relationships with clients and know their preferences, rely on the “quality bonus” that comes with a five-star rating. As Vice writes, Instacart’s latest changes to its workers’ pay fit into an ongoing narrative that working there “has devolved into a subsistence-wage job as the company has tinkered with the algorithm that determines pay and flooded markets with new workers, driving down wages.” [[Lauren Kaori Gurley / Vice](] [WeWork wants T-Mobile CEO John Legere to lead the company.](The troubled office-sharing startup [WeWork is looking for a replacement CEO]( for co-founder [Adam Neumann, who departed after the company botched its IPO](. - Nothing is set in stone: Legere stands to receive a “windfall if T-Mobile completes its proposed takeover of Sprint next year,” the Journal points out. There is no guarantee that he would accept the WeWork position or that another candidate won’t emerge. [[Sarah Krouse and Maureen Farrell / The Wall Street Journal](] [The Seattle politician Amazon tried to oust ended up getting reelected.](Amazon pumped almost $1.5 million into last week’s Seattle city council elections in an effort to defeat local progressive politicians who supported a tax on big business that Amazon opposes. But it didn’t work. Amazon’s key political nemesis, Kshama Sawant, has declared victory after ballot counts put her ahead of her Amazon-backed rival by more than 3 percentage points. - What it means: The win by Sawant, a socialist and former software engineer, is the latest salvo in what has become an increasingly contentious battle between Amazon and its hometown city council. Amazon’s rapid growth in Seattle has helped transform the city into a tech powerhouse, but local politicians blame that growth and the accompanying real estate boom for much of the city’s ills, with a homelessness crisis near the top of the list. [[Jason Del Rey / Recode](] [Amazon is launching a new grocery store brand in California.](On Monday, Amazon confirmed its plans for a new grocery store concept, [which was first reported in March](. Amazon says the new store will be completely separate from Whole Foods, which Amazon bought for $13.2 billion in 2017, and will not use its Amazon Go technology, which allows customers to check out without waiting in line, according to CNET. The store will be in Woodland Hills, a neighborhood of Los Angeles, and is set to open in 2020. - Why it matters: Amazon has a growing interest in the roughly $800 billion US grocery market, “where rival Walmart is the leader and Amazon, even after its Whole Foods deal, remains a small player,” according to CNET. - On a related note: Jeff Bezos is interested in purchasing an NFL team. He has become close with several other current owners, [according to CBS Sports](, and has strong support within the league to eventually join its ranks. [[Ben Fox Rubin / CNET](] [Join Recode's Peter Kafka at Code Media in Los Angeles this November 18 and 19](#) The man who runs HBO, CNN, and Warner Bros, John Stankey, is about to take on Netflix, Disney, and the rest of the media world with a new streaming service. But he’s also facing restless shareholders. Come hear him discuss all of this [live at Code Media in Hollywood]( where he’ll join a great lineup of speakers at [our annual conference dedicated to the intersection of tech and media](. [Insert alt text here] [10 lessons for Disney, Apple, and all the new streaming companies trying to take down Netflix.]( Advice from two veterans of Amazon and Hulu. [[Matthew Ball and Alex Kruglov](] [Bloomberg’s Matt Levine explains Wall Street, WeWork, and how to leave Goldman Sachs for a much lower-paying job.]( The “Money Stuff” columnist comes to Recode Media. [[Peter Kafka](] [Insert alt text here] [Watch SpaceX launch 60 satellites into space.]( [Twitter]( [Facebook]( [Instagram]( This email was sent to {EMAIL}. Manage your [email preferences]( to receive fewer emails, or [unsubscribe]( to stop receiving all emails from Vox. Vox Media, 1201 Connecticut Ave. NW, Washington, DC 20036. Copyright © 2016. All rights reserved.