Date
22 January 2021

Tag

Active

Country
Spain Spain
Geographical scope
National
Type
  • Type

    Industrial action

    Voluntary
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Description

In July 2017, there was a strike of hundreds of Deliveroo riders in Spain, halting work for a few hours to take part in protests in Madrid and Barcelona. They asked for a decent salary (at least two deliveries per hour to reduce salary uncertainty) and a minimum working time of 20 hours per week. Traditional trade unions, such as the Workers Commission ( Confederación sindicale Comisiones Obreras, CCOO) and the Workers General Union ( Unión General de Trabajadores, UGT), supported their demands, arguing that this kind of digital platform is deliberately evading current labour legislation and may bring about more labour precariousness.


Additional metadata

Keywords
representation, industrial relations, social dialogue, industrial action, work intensity, working time quality, work-life balance, income
Actors
Individual worker, Employee organisation
Sector
Transportation and storage

Citation

Eurofound (2021), Deliveroo strike Spain (Initiative), Record number 3039, Platform Economy Database, Dublin, https://apps.eurofound.europa.eu/platformeconomydb/deliveroo-strike-spain-103096.