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Food delivery sector collective agreements signed
The General Workers’ Union (GWU) and the Malta Delivery Fleet Operators Association (MDFOA) have signed a series of collective agreements covering Malta’s food delivery sector. In Malta, Wolt and Bolt are the two main platforms and riders are hired by sub-contractor companies known as ‘fleet operators’. The collective agreements will cover the majority of riders […]
Week-long Wolt strike in Cyprus
Wolt food delivery couriers took strike action from 20-26 March 2026, demanding higher pay rates. The strike was organised informally by riders in the cities of Limassol and Nicosia, with 500 riders believed to have participated in the action. The riders say that a minimum per order of €1.10 is not enough to survive. Wolt […]
Finnish Supreme Court confirms that Wolt riders are employees
The President of Finnish union PAM called on Wolt to end the “delaying tactics” and employ its riders, after the Finnish Supreme Administrative Court rejected the food delivery platform’s appeal on 19 March 2026. Wolt was seeking to overturn the decision of Finland’s highest court last May, which found that Wolt riders meet all the […]
MoU between unions and food delivery intermediaries agreed
The General Workers’ Union (GWU) and the Malta Delivery Fleet Operators Association (MDFOA) signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) in December 2025. The MoU paves the way for a full collective agreement covering almost all food delivery couriers in the country, most of whom work for Wolt or Bolt. All food delivery couriers in the […]
Food delivery couriers protest in Budapest
Food delivery couriers in Budapest organised a mass protest in November 2025 against worsening working conditions. Gergely “Greg” Tóth from the ‘Hungarian Middle League – League of Couriers’ said that their purchasing power had fallen by 40-50 per cent over the past four years. Tóth added that out of every 9 Forints the riders made, […]
SRDP – Union of Digital Platform Workers
The Digital Platform Workers Trade Union (SRDP in Croatian) was set up in September 2021 with SSSH’s help. The SRDP provides support to workers in platforms by organising training events, encouraging the exchange of best practices and fostering a political discussion on the wider aspects of work in platform companies. In Autumn 2021, the SRDP […]