Thank you for writing this, will be sharing it widely. It makes me sick that days after these strikes, Deliveroo sent out a press release about their 'restaurant awards' supported by celebrities in the food world. How much did they pay them?
I hope the strikers can organise to win. And though the enemy is always the bosses, to anyone ungratefully accepting a hot food delivery or complaining of a parcel thrown over a fence, an age old question: which side are you on ?
Reinventing labour organisation for those who can't join a traditional union. I hope the big ones like Unite will do what they can so support them.
It's superb what they have achieved in the face of fragmentation, language diversity and, for some, lack of papers. Their efforts so far must not be in vain.
The plight of food delivery workers everywhere have increasingly followed the terrible conditions of the U.S. trucking industry over the years (and perhaps trucking in other areas, I'm just not as familiar). The predatory hiring and false promises, increasing debt from owning and maintaining the vehicles, the ever-falling rate of deliveries, the total disregard as the workers fall into deep poverty...all as consumers are marketed a very different story and become more dependent on an exploitative system. It's heartening to see workers fighting back, and hope this is the start of some long-term policy changes.
Kudos for weaving this piece on the politics of food delivery apps into your other London content. I share the pessimism of the article, but feel it's an important topic to highlight regardless. So many Londoners have their food delivered without a second thought.
What is most frustrating for me is when I try to avoid the use of these intermediary apps, many restaurants now only accept delivery via them. I tip in cash directly to the delivery person in an effort to mitigate this but, find the whole dynamic unfortunate.
Thank you for writing this, will be sharing it widely. It makes me sick that days after these strikes, Deliveroo sent out a press release about their 'restaurant awards' supported by celebrities in the food world. How much did they pay them?
I hope the strikers can organise to win. And though the enemy is always the bosses, to anyone ungratefully accepting a hot food delivery or complaining of a parcel thrown over a fence, an age old question: which side are you on ?
Reinventing labour organisation for those who can't join a traditional union. I hope the big ones like Unite will do what they can so support them.
It's superb what they have achieved in the face of fragmentation, language diversity and, for some, lack of papers. Their efforts so far must not be in vain.
The plight of food delivery workers everywhere have increasingly followed the terrible conditions of the U.S. trucking industry over the years (and perhaps trucking in other areas, I'm just not as familiar). The predatory hiring and false promises, increasing debt from owning and maintaining the vehicles, the ever-falling rate of deliveries, the total disregard as the workers fall into deep poverty...all as consumers are marketed a very different story and become more dependent on an exploitative system. It's heartening to see workers fighting back, and hope this is the start of some long-term policy changes.
Kudos for weaving this piece on the politics of food delivery apps into your other London content. I share the pessimism of the article, but feel it's an important topic to highlight regardless. So many Londoners have their food delivered without a second thought.
What is most frustrating for me is when I try to avoid the use of these intermediary apps, many restaurants now only accept delivery via them. I tip in cash directly to the delivery person in an effort to mitigate this but, find the whole dynamic unfortunate.