I’m a Deliveroo rider. Collective action is the only way we’ll get a fair deal | Callum Cant

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After struggling with falling earnings and no sick pay or insurance, we realised that only by organising will we improve wages and conditions in the gig economy

I started working for Deliveroo in Brighton last summer. At first, it wasn’t a bad job, but month by month I noticed my earnings declining. We’re paid £4 per drop, with no hourly rate, and I was having to wait longer and longer for each new order. Even though I was getting more efficient and learning how to get around the city faster, I was making a lower hourly rate.

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March 31, 2017 at 05:40PM

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