Instacart to cut nearly 1,900 jobs as part of labor model shift

Instacart plans to eliminate nearly 1,900 employee positions, including its only unionized employees, as the grocery delivery unicorn shifts to greater reliance on retail partners' workers to prepare customer orders. With grocery delivery experiencing unprecedented demand during the pandemic, Instacart's workforce has grown to more than 500,000 mainly shoppers and drivers for customer orders who are classified by Instacart as independent contractors. Along with other local gig economy tech giants…