Uber, Lyft and Deliveroo workers in US and UK plan Valentine’s Day strike
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Thousands of drivers for ride hailing services and food delivery riders in the United States and United Kingdom are planning to strike on Valentine’s Day in disputes over pay and working conditions.
Thousands of drivers for ride hailing services and food delivery riders in the United States and United Kingdom are due to strike on Valentine’s Day in disputes over pay and working conditions. In America, campaign group Justice for App Workers said in a blog post last week that drivers for Uber and Lyft, as well as riders for DoorDash, were “sick of working 80 hours/week just to make ends meet.” The group, which says it represents 130,000 drivers and delivery workers across the East Coast and Midwest, wrote that its members planned to stop giving rides to and from all airports in 10 cities, including Chicago and Miami, on Wednesday, without providing details on strike action by DoorDash workers. In an X post Tuesday, the campaign group said: “We will refuse rides from the airport ALL DAY, with a rally from 11am-1pm in 10 cities.” For years, workers in the gig economy, who typically work for digital platforms as contractors and so have fewer protections than they would as employees, have agitated for better pay and working conditions, with some success. In the UK, a spokesperson for campaign group Delivery Job UK said Tuesday that more than 3,000 food delivery riders were expected to strike for five hours on Wednesday.