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âMore than a jobâ: the food delivery co-ops putting fairness into the gig economy
A Deliveroo rider waiting for an order in Paris. The firm has faced legal challenges over employment conditions for couriers. Photograph: Getty Images
A Deliveroo rider waiting for an order in Paris. The firm has faced legal challenges over employment conditions for couriers. Photograph: Getty Images
Across Europe, worker-led delivery collectives are springing up to reclaim control from corporate platforms
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Tue 11 May 2021 05.00 EDT
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Cristina González did a lot of waiting in 2018. Back then, the 29-year-old was a courier for the Spanish food delivery platform Glovo in her Basque home town, Vitoria-Gasteiz. She talks about feeling as if she was on standby the whole time: âYouâre effectively having to be working constantly.â