Uber Eats Pays $4.4M to Seattle Delivery Workers | Seattle News

Seattle News Today | 2 Min News | The Daily News Now! · Aug 19, 2026 · 1m

Uber Eats is paying out nearly $4.4 million to over 14,000 Seattle delivery workers after failing to pay minimum wage—sometimes even for canceled orders. This isn’t their first rodeo: they settled for $1.4 million last summer over similar violations. The city’s labor office calls this the second-largest settlement ever, with the biggest one—also involving Uber Eats—being a $15 million payout for pay transparency breaches. Mayor Katie Wilson says this proves Seattle’s commitment to protecting gig workers and holding big companies accountable. With around 35,000 Uber Eats workers in the city…