ANGRY Uber Eats drivers went on "strike" yesterday and refused to deliver McDonald's snacks to customers in a row over rates cuts.

Groups of unhappy couriers stood by their mopeds and scooters throughout London, as they protested over their wages.

2 Riders protested the change in wages as they refused to carry out deliveries

Hungry customers craving a Big Mac and fries complained they waited for hours for orders that never came.

One person even reported eventually going to their nearby McDonald's to get what they had tried to order, and found a group of drivers milling around outside the branch.

They tweeted: "Thanks @UberEats for such wonderful service. Order confirmed at 2.20. Still waiting for it at 3.30.

"Call the office and they say there is not enough drivers. Turn up to the same McDonald’s and there is 12 of them sitting outside. Brilliant service."

2 A number of unhappy drivers stood by their mopeds and scooters as they protested over the new lower wage

Cancel it. Uber messed with there drivers pay and there all on strike. I waited 2 hours for them to just cancel. — Mackzthegamer (@Mackz1992) September 19, 2018

Thanks @UberEats for such wonderful service .Order confirmed at 2:20. Still waiting for it at 3:30. Call the office and they say there is not enough drivers:. Turn up to the same McDonald’s and there is 12 of them sitting outside. Brilliant service 👍 #Not — Sam Hunter (@SamHunterUK) September 19, 2018

Various McDonald's in London saw drivers parked up and refusing to carry out deliveries.

While outside the Uber headquarters dozens of vehicles were left in protest, as drivers turned off their engines and demonstrated their fury.

Another customer posted: "My order has taken 90 minutes now and is still ‘preparing’, what can I do about this?"

She was soon advised: "Cancel it. Uber messed with there drivers pay and there all on strike. "I waited 2 hours for them to just cancel."

The new minimum delivery fee has been reduced, as has the order minimum - which now sits at £3.50.

Drivers want the fees and boost policy - where they would get more money in certain areas at certain times - to be revised to the former rates.

Dozens refused to log in to work, or deliver any food yesterday, as they claim their earnings got chopped in half.

A disgruntled Twitter user, who appears to be a driver, wrote: "Uber drivers are striking and not picking up orders. Forced most McDonald’s delivery machines offline.

"Protests outside Uber’s head office.

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"Thanks for cutting our pay by almost 50 per cent! Unacceptable!"

A spokesman for Uber said: "We recently asked couriers for feedback on how we could help maximise their earnings.

"In response we’re making some changes to our payment structure in Birmingham, London and Manchester, which also bring these cities more in line with the rest of the UK.

"The changes will help increase courier earnings during busy mealtimes, while providing more transparency on when and where the potential to earn is highest.

"To provide couriers with confidence the new system will improve earnings during the busiest times, we’re also introducing minimum payment guarantees of £9-11 an hour. Making improvements in response to courier feedback is a top priority, such as the sickness, injury, maternity and paternity protections we recently introduced.

Our door is always open for individual couriers to speak to us about any issues they're having."

A McDonald's spokeswoman directed the Sun Online to Uber for comment on the protests, but added nothing on delivery impact had been flagged specifically to them through their customer services channels.

Couriers went on strike in Scotland earlier this month in protest over the planned wage change.

And in 2016 and 2017 drivers and couriers demonstrated against pay cuts.

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