Striking to tame "gig economy" bosses
On Sunday 30 January, a strike by couriers working for Just Eat and Stuart Delivery was on its 36th day. Drivers in Sheffield and other cities are organising daily pickets and protests to fight off the 24% cut in their base rate of pay that Stuart implemented late in 2021, while their own revenues doubled and their top executive enjoyed a 1,000% pay increase, taking his remuneration to £2,000,000. On that day, drivers sprung a surprise action against a large, busy McDonald’s drive-thru in the Woodseats area of Sheffield, blocking off the drive-thru entrance with a pair of large jeeps and...