UNITED FREELANCERS

Address:
Haachtsesteenweg 579 chaussée de Haecht, 1030 Schaerbeek
Initiators:
ACV-CSC
Creation date:
2017
Type of initiative:
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ACV –CSC has been cooperating since beginning 2017 with the “Collectif des coursiers” to defend and try to negotiate with Deliveroo and Uber Eats in order to improve the working conditions of those workers.  It has especially covered :
- Organisation of various  meetings with couriers to forge a “union spirit”, set-up and validate lists of demands, negotiation goals, organize protest actions, etc.
- Several negotiation meetings with Deliveroo despite no comprenhensive agreement has been reached up to now with this platform

On this basis, in 2019, ACV-CSC set up in 2019 a dedicated team for support of platform workers and, more broadly, all new forms of employment (embedded self-employed, etc.). This team is called “United Freelancers”. The United Freelancers website provide with information and services as well as possibilities to affiliate to the CSC union

Digital Platform Observatory

The digital platform observatory is a joint initiative of ETUC, IRES and ASTREES, funded by the European Commission. It brings together trade unionists, experts, activists, specialists of workers representation and collective action in the  platform economy.