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âI feel helplessâ: Delivery driver sacked after protesting a pay cut
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A Chinese food-focused rival to Uber Eats has made unilateral cuts to its workersâ pay and booted a delivery driver off its platform after he launched a small strike in protest, leaving him without an income.
In a message to riders obtained by
The Sydney Morning Herald and
The Age, HungryPanda this week issued new pay rules, adding to reduced rates if drivers do not wear a uniform and a direction riders must work for other companies in an apparent effort to claim their delivery riders arenât employees.