Sydney residents raise $33,000 for Chinese family of food delivery rider killed by bus

The deaths of Xiaojun Chen and Uber Eats rider Dede Fredy have highlighted the precarious conditions for gig economy workers

Residents of a Sydney suburb have helped more than $30,000 in three days for the Chinese family of a food delivery rider whose death last month has thrown a spotlight on the precarious conditions facing gig economy workers.

Xiaojun Chen, a 43-year-old from a small village in rural China who worked for the delivery app Hungry Panda, was struck by a bus in the Sydney suburb of Zetland on 29 September.