App Delivery Riders Say They Are Paid As Little As $6 An Hour in Australia - Corey Ahlburg
Bicycle deliverers for UberEats, Foodora and Deliveroo have said they are paid as little as $6 an hour and called for better conditions and government regulation.
At a protest rally in Sydney, union officials said riders were being “flogged by technology” and workers described the high exposure to injury, low rates of pay and lack of workers compensation characteristic of the booming gig economy.
Workers for app-based delivery services like UberEats are classed as independent contractors rather than employees. They are given greater flexibility to choose when to work, but are not entitled to award wages, annual leave or insurance if injured.
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Corey Ahlburg, the national secretary of the Transport Workers Union, said three out of four riders were earning below the minimum wage and one cyclist a week was “doored” by a car while on the job, according to a recent union survey of more than 200 riders.
“These tech companies are being allowed to steal from hardworking people in this country,” he said. “Gig companies need to turn around and support the application of these workers to be deemed as employees”.
At a protest rally in Sydney, union officials said riders were being “flogged by technology” and workers described the high exposure to injury, low rates of pay and lack of workers compensation characteristic of the booming gig economy.
Workers for app-based delivery services like UberEats are classed as independent contractors rather than employees. They are given greater flexibility to choose when to work, but are not entitled to award wages, annual leave or insurance if injured.
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Corey Ahlburg, the national secretary of the Transport Workers Union, said three out of four riders were earning below the minimum wage and one cyclist a week was “doored” by a car while on the job, according to a recent union survey of more than 200 riders.
“These tech companies are being allowed to steal from hardworking people in this country,” he said. “Gig companies need to turn around and support the application of these workers to be deemed as employees”.