Feature: In Myanmar, Workers and Activists Take on a Food Delivery Giant
by Ben Dunant
Underground groups established to resist the coup are supporting striking food delivery workers in Myanmar.
Tag: couriers
Feature: Couriers Stunt Dalston’s Gentrification. The Police and Council Want Them Gone
by Rivkah Brown
Saturday night’s immigration raid in Dalston, north London is part of a years-long effort to cleanse the area of its brown and Black couriers. Rivkah Brown reports.
Report: Sheffield Food Couriers Are Waging the Longest Strike in the History of the Gig Economy
by Callum Cant
For the last ten nights, delivery drivers in Sheffield have been picketing McDonald's branches over a Christmas pay cut. Callum Cant reports on the longest strike to ever hit the UK gig economy.
Report: The Rider-Owned Food Courier Coop Taking on Deliveroo
by Alex D King
A group of former Deliveroo riders have set up their own food courier cooperative as an alternative to the exploitative conditions of the gig economy. Alex D King reports.
Report: Amazon Delivery Drivers Are Being Shamed for Relieving Themselves in Public – But Bezos is to Blame
by Sophie K Rosa
The tabloid press has been shaming delivery drivers for relieving themselves in public while under pressure and unable to access toilets. Instead, we should be shaming companies like Amazon for denying its workers basic rights. Sophie K Rosa reports.
Opinion: Big Unions Aren’t Up to the Job Anymore
by Lydia Hughes
Unions have a crucial role to play in determining who benefits from changes to the nature of work. But many established unions are already struggling to keep up, writes Lydia Hughes, leaving smaller, newer unions to try to meet the changing needs of modern workers.
#Slaveroo: Deliveroo Drivers Organising in the ‘Gig Economy’
by Jamie Woodcock
Yesterday hundreds of Deliveroo turned up at the company's London HQ to convey their collective grievances regarding a new pay structure, defying the fragmentation of platform-based labour in the so-called 'gig economy'.
5 Reasons London’s Bicycle Couriers are Organising (and Winning!)
by Ina Fever
The Couriers and Logistics Branch is the latest section of the IWGB to get unionising and winning. Ina Fever speaks to three of London’s best bicycle couriers on life as a courier, the struggles of the job and the campaign ahead.