This is a first victory for the food delivery men.
After strike action in December, couriers in Saint-Etienne obtained a guaranteed minimum hourly wage from Uber Eats.
The online meal delivery platform is committed to guaranteeing an hourly minimum of 10 euros for races carried out between 11:30 a.m. and 1:30 p.m., and of 12 euros for those carried out between 7 p.m. and 9 p.m., provided that a minimum of two trips are made. within the hour and achieve a proposed order acceptance rate of 85%.
Uber Eats would also have agreed to restore a "
rain bonus
" up to one euro per order.
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"
To our knowledge, we are the only city in France where they have put this system in place, following the strong mobilization of most of the 200 delivery people who work there for this platform on December 13 and 18,
" a Pierre, one of the spokespersons for the movement, told AFP.
"New actions" after the holidays
Despite this first victory, the delivery men are asking for more.
Receiving a very low remuneration, they have the status of autoentrepreneur which guarantees them virtually no social rights.
“
What we have obtained is very insufficient.
We also need a minimum wage for the other times of the day during which we work,
“responded Junior, another courier.
These delivery people are already planning “
new actions
” after the holidays to obtain progress from other platforms
,
such as Deliveroo.
Because this agreement does not apply to other meal delivery platforms.