NYC’s food delivery workers are organizing for their lives
The workers’ struggle for their dignity and safety has achieved some victories, but the work is far from over
Why delivery workers across the planet are rising up against exploitation
Even before the crisis of the pandemic, food delivery companies have seen their profits skyrocket while their so-called “self-employed” workers suffer rights violations and were banned from unionizing.
Pandemic in Brazil: app delivery laborers report worsening working conditions
Workers claim that demands put forth during 2020’s unprecedented strike have not been met and rates are even lower
App delivery drivers mobilized across Brazil to demand better work conditions
The national walkout on Wednesday May 1 was organized to demand better conditions for thousands of informal motorcycle delivery workers
The McStrike and the mobilizing that threatens McDonald’s
The McStrike by McDonald’s workers on October 4 saw employees of firms such as TGI Fridays, Wetherspoon, UberEats and Deliveroo joining in, with the demands including a minimum wage of £10 per hour, recognition of unions and an end to ‘zero hour’ contracts
- Colombian Indigenous and social organizations march against violence in Bogotá
- Parliamentary investigation of MST ends with the movement strengthened and failure of far-right
- “Sanctioner-in-Chief” Bob Menendez indicted on corruption charges
- Protests against mining concession given to Canadian company intensify in Panama
- On International Safe Abortion Day, women demand access to abortion through strong public health systems
