What are we trying to achieve?

We recognize that we can’t just fight precarious work in one place, it must be challenged everywhere. We have been developing connections with fellow couriers who work for other delivery platforms and in other countries to see how we may collaborate, learn from each other and work together to improve everyone’s lives.

Justice for Foodora Couriers wants fair compensation for dangerous work, the ability to recover when sick or injured, and a respectful workplace free from harassment and intimidation for our fellow food couriers. Foodora uses the independent contractor model to avoid giving their works the health and safety support they so desperately need. Their pay-per-order model means that during slow periods workers receive wages lower than minimum wage. This is after the courier has sunk hundreds or thousands of dollars keeping their bike, car or scooter in good working order. This model allows foodora to reap all the benefits while offloading all the risk onto their couriers. We need the basic rights and protections that employees in other industries can expect. And we deserve a seat at the table when it comes to our jobs and our futures.

Justice for Foodora Couriers is a drive to unionize Foodora couriers to improve conditions. We are challenging the paradigm of precarious work. Companies like foodora strip labour protections from workers under the guise of “innovation,” by calling us “independent contractors.” But we can work together to assert our rights. United, we can win fair pay for our dangerous work, the ability to recover when sick or injured, and a respectful workplace free from harassment and intimidation.

In order to accomplish all this, we are preparing to join the Canadian Union of Postal Workers. Once CUPW is certified as our bargaining agent, Foodora will be legally required to negotiate with us as one group. The current individual contracts that give all the advantage to Foodora.

At the same time we are challenging the new paradigm of precarious work. The increasing precarity of work is a tech-led move toward stripping hard-won labour protections from workers under the guise of innovation. We must to challenge this in our workplaces, in the courts, and on the street. . We have also begun developing relationships internationally with other couriers who work for Foodora and other platforms. Foodora is a multinational company and our pursuit of justice must be a multinational effort. In the big picture, we want to build a campaign that improves working conditions for all delivery workers.