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âMore than a jobâ: the food delivery co-ops putting fairness into the gig economy
A Deliveroo rider waiting for an order in Paris. The firm has faced legal challenges over employment conditions for couriers. Photograph: Getty Images
A Deliveroo rider waiting for an order in Paris. The firm has faced legal challenges over employment conditions for couriers. Photograph: Getty Images
Across Europe, worker-led delivery collectives are springing up to reclaim control from corporate platforms
SophieAtkinson
Tue 11 May 2021 05.00 EDT
Last modified on Tue 18 May 2021 05.27 EDT
Cristina González did a lot of waiting in 2018. Back then, the 29-year-old was a courier for the Spanish food delivery platform Glovo in her Basque home town, Vitoria-Gasteiz. She talks about feeling as if she was on standby the whole time: âYouâre effectively having to be working constantly.â
Around the world, platform food couriers are mobilising for basic workers’ rights
A food delivery courier watches delivery backpacks burn in front of the Barcelona headquarters of the Spanish food delivery start-up Glovo on 26 May 2019. Workers protested poor working conditions after a road traffic accident resulted in the death of a delivery rider.
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A food delivery courier watches delivery backpacks burn in front of the Barcelona headquarters of the Spanish food delivery start-up Glovo on 26 May 2019. Workers protested poor working conditions after a road traffic accident resulted in the death of a delivery rider.