Sheffield couriers lead pay fight
On Monday 10 January, food delivery drivers in Sheffield working for Stuart Delivery (a contractor serving JustEat) resumed their strike action. Organised in the IWGB union, Sheffield couriers struck for three weeks in December 2021, breaking records with the longest-ever industrial action in the so-called “gig economy” in the UK. Strikes spread to Chesterfield, Blackpool, Huddersfield and Sunderland. Having given their employer a fortnight to respond to their demands, the Sheffield drivers have resumed their action with a number of large and well-respected picket lines at McDonald’s...