Cardiff couriers protested this month to demand higher payment for their delivery drops.<\/p>\n
There were 40 striking riders at the protest on the 4 October according to Pete\u00a0Davies, an organiser with the labour union Industrial Workers of the World who helped\u00a0set up Couriers Network Cymru\u00a0and assisted the event.<\/p>\n
Couriers are currently paid \u201ca basic \u00a32.80 per drop, meaning that they need to\u00a0make three drops per hour to earn minimum wage\u201d, Pete said. He describes this as being impossible to attain. They are now demanding \u00a35 a\u00a0drop in order to meet the minimum wage threshold.<\/p>\n
Uber Eats riders are considered self-employed and do not follow standard\u00a0minimum wage law. This means they have no guaranteed, hourly rate.<\/p>\n
Uber Eats released a statement addressing the wage issue, saying,
\n\u201cLast week couriers using our app in Cardiff took home an average of \u00a39 per\u00a0hour during mealtimes.\u201d Adding, in response to the Cardiff protest, \u201c\u2026we did not\u00a0see any disruption to the Uber Eats service and more couriers logged on to the\u00a0app to deliver than the week before.\u201d<\/p>\n
Pete is accusing Uber Eats of telling \u201cridiculous lies\u201d and describes their\u00a0count of riders during the protest as being laughable. \u201cWe\u00a0believe that there were fewer than 10 Uber Eats riders working during the\u00a0strike.\u201d<\/p>\n
Pete said that Uber Eats failed to respond to their demands by the desired\u00a0deadline of 11 October. Uber Eats maintain that their \u201cdoor is always open for\u00a0feedback\u201d.<\/p>\n
Pete made it clear \u201cthe couriers are not going to stand for it.\u201d He added, \u201cIf they\u00a0continue to exploit and mistreat their workers in the way they have then services\u00a0are going to continue to be disrupted.\u201d<\/p>\n
Meetings between the couriers and the IWW are taking place to \u201cdecide the next\u00a0steps\u201d.<\/p>\n
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