Instacart Will Cut Nearly 2,000 Jobs, Unionized Workers Aren’t Happy

Instacart, a grocery delivery and pick-up service, will cut nearly 2,000 jobs. Ten shoppers at a Skokie, Illinois supermarket that is part of the United Food and Commercial Workers International Union will be laid off.

“All across the country, Instacart grocery workers have been bravely serving on the frontlines since the pandemic began, putting their own health at risk,” Marc Perrone, President of UFCS, said. “Instacart firing the only unionized workers at the company and destroying the jobs of nearly 2,000 dedicated frontline workers in the middle of this public health crisis, is simply wrong.”

According to USA Today, Instacart says supermarkets are starting to use their own employees to select groceries.

“As a result of some grocers transitioning to a Partner Pick model, we’ll be winding down our in-store operations at select retailer locations over the coming months,” Instacart said to USA Today.

The company will help some of the workers find new jobs or transfer them to the appropriate supermarkets.