The first pan-European assembly for workers of digital delivery platforms was held on 25 and 26 October in Brussels. The meeting organised by Alter Summit and GRESEA (research group for an alternative economic strategy) brought together around 60 ‘independent’ delivery workers, most of which are part of collectives in their own cities or countries, for platforms such as Foodora, Deliveroo, UberEats, Stuart and Glovo.
Following the assembly, the organisers announced the creation of a Transnational Federation for Delivery Riders, which will create a charter of demands aimed at the multinationals that run the platforms as well as national legislators. Some 34 delivery rider collectives and unions of such workers have already said that they will join the federation. Among the demands set to feature in the charter are freedom of association, a guaranteed hourly wage and transparency as regards the digital data h
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