#Slaveroo: Crowdsourcing a strike-fund for exploited gig economy workers
by Cory Doctorow from on (#1QCVA)
"Gig economy" scooter drivers for London's Deliveroo service earn 7/hour plus 1/delivery, and that's nowhere near a living wage: but rather than giving their a pay rise (9.40/hour, plus 1/delivery, plus petrol, plus tips), Deliveroo wants to cut them all to zero-hours contracts with no hourly wage and 3.75/delivery and they fired all the drivers who asked for a living wage, so naturally, drivers are crowdfunding a strike-fund to fight back. (more")