Alexis Bourdon / Photo credit: Riccardo Milani / Hans Lucas / Hans Lucas via AFP 12:30 p.m., December 03, 2023

Since Saturday, Uber Eats delivery drivers have been on strike to denounce the new remuneration system put in place by the platform, which is reducing part of their income. Europe 1 went to Toulouse, where the striking delivery workers made their anger heard. But the situation is also having an impact on restaurant owners.

Uber Eats delivery drivers have been on strike since Saturday at the call of several unions, including the CGT. They are denouncing the new remuneration system put in place by the food delivery platform at the beginning of October. Europe 1 went to meet them in Toulouse.

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Yohann, like about fifty delivery drivers from Toulouse, is not going to deliver to anyone this weekend. He has been working for a food delivery platform since 2018 and in five years, he has observed a deterioration in the standard of living of couriers with a drop in pay. "We've had a 30% drop since November 1, we were precarious, now we're becoming ultra ultra precarious." Today, it is no longer possible to make a dignified living from this activity. "It's not possible anymore, it's not possible for a few years."

A "complicated" situation for restaurants

In some restaurants, such as Mohamed's, there is a lack of delivery people. The pizzaiolo fears a complicated weekend for his turnover. "Unfortunately, it's very, very complicated. For deliveries, the delivery person usually arrives three to five minutes later, but here it takes time, about 15-20 minutes. Friday, Saturday, Sunday, these are the days when we work the most. But now, I'm at minus 60%," says Mohamed.

Despite a call for a strike, some will be on their bikes or scooters. More and more people in an irregular situation find themselves delivering meals and for them, every euro counts.