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They refused to work for the weekend after accusing the service of reducing the fee paid to drivers for delivery.
Uber eats. Image: Twitter: @UberEATS
JOHANNESBURG – Uber Eats drivers on Saturday threatened a nationwide strike on Wednesday in protest of recent cuts in delivery rates.
They refused to work for the weekend after accusing the service of reducing the fee paid to drivers for delivery.
The drivers also claim that the company, which is a subsidiary of the Uber email service, is introducing the new measures without consultation.
The Uber Eats drivers’ strike has disrupted food delivery services in Gauteng and parts of the Western Cape and may spread to other parts of the country next week.
Drivers were disconnected and some restaurants also shut down their Uber Eats service in support to the dismay of some consumers.
Duane Bernard, who represents some of Uber’s drivers, said drivers were protesting the sharp drop in their income in recent months after Uber Eats cut delivery fees.
“We apologize on behalf of the drivers, but we only ask customers to bear with us because we simply cannot bear the injustice.”
Bernard said their demands included a delivery fee of R20 for the first 2 kilometers, and then R6 per kilometer after that.
They also want to have a pay raise during peak lunchtime deliveries: “Then the drivers will stop the strike and then go back to work. Then we will wait in Uber; We know these are big decisions that you must make. We will give them three days until Wednesday to make that decision and then we wait for a response from them. “
The drivers are expected to return to work Sunday so Uber Eats has a chance to consider their demands.
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