Paris (AFP)
Five deliverers of Deliveroo delivery platform have rallied this week Paris from Bordeaux by bike to bring their claims of "compensation and decent working conditions," said Thursday one of them, Jeremy Wick, to AFP.
The delivery men, supported by the CGT and accompanied by Jérôme Pimot, the co-founder of the Clap, collective of Paris deliverymen, were received Thursday morning by the National Council of digital (CNNum).
"We made stops in 5 cities (Poitiers, Nantes, Rennes, Le Mans, Orleans) where we met deliverymen to collect their claims," said Jeremy Wick, 29, a full-time deliverer for Deliveroo as his four colleagues .
"99% of the delivery drivers agreed with us to demand a return to a decent and fixed minimum price, the reduction of wait times at restaurants and the organization of a group of deliverers composed of elected representatives with a negociation power".
Deliveroo's delivery men have been carrying out bumpy strike action and rallies since the platform's price change in July, which reduced short-haul rates and slightly increased those for longer runs.
"I calculated that I had to do 500 km more per month to get the same pay," explains Jeremy. If he did not increase his workload (50 hours per week) he saw his pay drop from 2.000 euros net (after payment of contributions paid by the self-employed and maintenance of the bike) to 1.500 euros net.
"It pushes us to pedal more and more, faster and to take risks," he says.
He launched a petition on Change.org which collected 57,000 signatures.
Deliveroo's management indicated that it was ready to receive the deliverymen, but in an outdoor location, not at headquarters as they requested. "We will not make any communication after the meeting," said Louis Lepioufle, Deliveroo spokesman.
The CNNum, an advisory body whose members are appointed by order of the Prime Minister, has recently taken up the issue of the working conditions of the deliverymen to protest against the charters provided for in Article 20 of the Orientation Law. mobilities voted at first reading on 17 September.
"It is not by means of charters that we will solve the problem of the social rights of the platform deliverers," said Thursday its President Salwa Toko, calling for a real negotiation between deliverers and platforms.
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