For several months, discontent has been mounting among Chinese delivery men.
These jobs, often occupied by migrant workers from the countryside, have become more precarious since the Covid-19 pandemic.
Between January and August of this year, the NGO China Labor Watch recorded more than 25 strikes and demonstrations across the country.
A figure that has been rising steadily for three years.
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The strikers are demanding, among other things, social insurance (yet compulsory), a relaxation of the pace of work that has become untenable, and for many, several months of unpaid wages.
Some 7 million of them roam the streets of Chinese cities, working ten to twelve hours a day for a salary of around 5,000 yuan (640 euros) per month.
The delivery people are required to follow to the minute a route determined by an increasingly demanding algorithm that forces them to ignore all road safety rules.
Any delay is financially sanctioned.
The delivery guy
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