Date
24 January 2022

Tag

Active

Country
France France
Geographical scope
Local
Type
  • Type

    Establishing alternative models (cooperatives)

    Voluntary
View Initiative

Description

Fast and Curious Coursiers is a cooperative in Le Havre, France, which was founded by two former delivery workers. The launch was supported by the federation CoopCycle. Deliveries are made by bicycle or electric bicycle in order to limit carbon emissions. Another objective is to improve working conditions of the couriers and ensure cohesion among workers. Currently they are hired on a freelance basis and the cooperative aims to conduct payments quickly after the service was conducted (in contrast to large platform companies, which are often accused of delaying payments). Equipment is provided by the association.


Additional metadata

Keywords
platform cooperatives, green economy, local economy, ethical delivery
Actors
Individual worker, Worker collectives (cooperatives)
Sector
Transportation and storage
Platforms
Fast and Curious Coursiers

Sources

Citation

Eurofound (2022), Fast and Curious Coursiers cooperative (Initiative), Record number 2252, Platform Economy Database, Dublin, https://apps.eurofound.europa.eu/platformeconomydb/fast-and-curious-coursiers-cooperative-106191.

  • CoopCycle

    CoopCycle is the European federation of bicycle delivery cooperatives. Democratically governed by cooperatives, it is based on solidarity between them and allows them to reduce their costs through resources pooling. …