The Independent Workers’ Union of Great Britain (IWGB) represents mainly low paid migrant workers, such as outsourced cleaners and security guards, and platform workers. IWGB was founded in August of 2012, and its branches undertake attractive campaigns for better pay and conditions. IWGB has taken to court several platform operators on a range of employment […]

Hermes’ self-employed couriers now have the option to take holiday pay and have guaranteed earnings following a groundbreaking deal between the leading consumer delivery company and GMB Union. In early 2019, GMB (a union affiliated to the TUC) and the delivery company Hermes signed the first-ever collective bargaining agreement in the UK for self-employed couriers […]

Lieferando (Just Eat) riders marched to the German Government’s Economy Ministry in Berlin on Wednesday [20 May], calling on the government to introduce a direct employment mandate in the platform economy. The protest came as Lieferando announced plans to cut 100 more staff in the company’s IT department in Berlin. Last year, Lieferando fired 2,000 […]

Union-Indépendants, the section of the CFDT union which represents food delivery couriers, sent a formal notice to Uber Eats and Deliveroo on 11 May 2026, regarding the “abusive” disconnection of riders accounts on the platform. Union-Indépendants have a team supporting riders affected by account deactivation and more than 2,800 workers have received support through this […]

A three-day strike by Glovo riders across Spain took place from 24-26 April. Organised by the CCOO union, the strike was historic as it was the first national strike of food delivery couriers in the country. Glovo is the largest food delivery platform in Spain. In July 2025, it finally agreed to employ all of […]

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 […]

E-Food riders took strike action across a number of cities in Greece on 12 February 2026. The strikes in Athens, Thessaloniki, Volos and Kalamata followed stoppages on November 28-29. The Attica union was one of several organisations representing riders which were behind the action. They demanded: E-Food is a brand of Delivery Hero, the German […]

The Bulgarian Labour Inspectorate initiated a large-scale campaign at the start of 2026 to investigate working conditions on digital labour platforms. Ekaterina Asenova, executive director of the Labour Inspectorate, said the campaign was necessary “to see how the legal relations in Bulgaria stand regarding this type of work”. She added that the campaign would help […]

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 […]