It may well be that you can not order your Deliveroo dishes in the next few days. The deliverymen of the application are angry against the new pricing of their races. Finished the "small" race at 4.20 euros, cyclists will now have to pedal for 3 euros.
They block for several days deliveries of the platform in the regions and a national strike is being prepared, according to the Collective Autonomous Delivery of Paris [Clap 75]. In Nice, Toulouse, Tours, Besançon, punctual strike and blockade of restaurants took place this week to protest against the decision of the British platform to lower the rates of the shortest races and increase that of long races , neglected by the deliverymen because not very profitable.
A rally on Saturday Republic Square
"It's a generalized sluggishness," says Jean-Daniel Zamor, president of Clap 75. The group calls for a rally Place de la République Saturday in Paris to decide a national strike, "probably next week ".
According to the platform, the new grid offers "better pricing, more fair" and "more than 54% of orders are paid more". Jean-Daniel Zamor believes for his part that the new grid, which wants to "force the deliverymen to take the long races", causes in fact a reduction of remuneration of 30 to 50% for the deliverymen.
The group began to consult the delivery men on the social networks and ensures to have "100% of the deliverymen consulted agree for the strike". "This is a very fragmented sector, where it is difficult to mobilize quickly, it takes a movement over time," says the president of the collective.
Deliveroo offered better conditions to its deliverers than other platforms
Until now, Deliveroo has offered better conditions to its deliverers than other platforms, and this decision is "to align with Uber Eats", Jean-Daniel Zamor. The group calls for a return to the previous minimum rate and the opening of discussions on several topics crucial for delivery, such as the composition of the algorithm that awards the races and a regulation of the number of registered drivers. The platforms "play overstaffing" to keep rates down, he says.
With 10,000 partner restaurants in 200 cities, the French market is the second largest for Deliveroo, after the UK market from which the company emerged. The high-speed development of the meal delivery sector is accompanied by many criticisms of the precariousness of the jobs and the working conditions of the deliverymen.