Uber Eats drivers demand a R2 increase in their rates from company Representing the striking drivers, Duane Bernard said the subsidiary of the e-hailing service cut their trip rates without discussions. Uber eats. Picture: Twitter: @UberEATS
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JOHANNESBURG - Uber Eats drivers are urging the food delivery service company to provide some reprieve for them after announcing a new payment structure which could result in lower wages for workers.
Some drivers are on strike because they’re unhappy with changes initiated by the company without consultation.
In Gauteng, drivers held a demonstration and urged their counterparts in the Western Cape to go offline.
SA Uber Eats drivers halt deliveries in protest over low pay, working conditions They claim they are earning as little as R4 per kilometer for each delivery after the global delivery service recently introduced a more affordable delivery charge structure in South Africa. A screenrgab of the Uber Eats app.
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JOHANNESBURG - Uber Eats drivers around the country have put the brakes on food deliveries on Saturday, accusing the takeaway service of low pay and poor working conditions.
Drivers claim that Uber Eats, which is a subsidiary of the e-hailing service Uber, has cunningly cut their trip rates, while providing no support.
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Uber Eats drivers in Johannesburg and Pretoria have refused to work on Friday and Saturday, in protest against recent cuts in delivery fees.
According to a representative, they are now earning only R4 a kilometre.
A nationwide strike will start on Wednesday, if Uber Eats does not respond to their requests.
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A strike among Uber Eats drivers has almost paralysed the food-delivery service
in Gauteng over the past two days – and may start nationwide from Wednesday.
Speaking to
The Citizen Bernard said: “The reason we have it for a second day is that Uber strikes before, drivers would participate for about two to three hours and only some drivers would be involved. Uber could obviously see this and wouldn’t really address any of the problems or fix the issues. So I ask my other fellow drivers, let’s join together and lets strike together until they listen to our grievances. ”
Bernard says some drivers who have joined the strike are from Gauteng and in the Western Cape.
“On Monday without consulting anyone they just decided to lower our rate. They have lowered it to R4 per kilometre, they have done this over the years, slyly so. If you take the rates that a driver was earning three years ago and compare it now, it’s literally half to what they were earning. With inflation, it is common sense you cant lower rates or salaries.”