Unions protect people, improve conditions for workers and ultimately make organizations better. Thanks to Notes from Below for inviting me to write about why I’m supporting the rider-led campaign to unionize Pedal Me with IWGB IWGB Couriers notesfrombelow.org/article/pedal-…

It's a busy Friday evening, perfect takeout weather up north, but Leeds app drivers are on STRIKE💪

Around the country brothers and sisters are setting off sparks that will light the flame of war against injustice and low pay

In Luton, Welwyn Garden City, Hatfield, Harlow, Slough and Basingstoke, riders are striking against abysmal pay and long hours.

polly smythe reports.
novaramedia.com/2022/10/12/del…

Solidarity and what a great campaign.

As a fellow IWGB member it's mystifying why Pedal Me haven't already, based on all I know about them, their leadership and their values this is odd. I'm not sure this position is doing them any favours...
Just recognise them already

Umar has been fired by Uber Eats after the app failed to match 2 of his own selfies. We've seen a pattern of BAME couriers being fired in this way, despite having followed every instruction they were given.

Justice for Umar, shame on Uber.

'At its most simple, being a member of a trade union means I am never on my own. I am not on my own if things go badly, but I am not on my own if I want to try to improve conditions from within either.'

Our member Nick on why he's campaigning for Pedal Me to recognise IWGB.

Pedal Me: We have “a formal policy of willingness to negotiate with a union, should a union be established”

riders at Pedal Me: Join IWGB Couriers, get organised, establish union in workplace, recruit members, ask bosses to voluntarily recognise IWGB

Pedal Me: No ❤️

Safety is a big issue for couriers. But low fees, scarce work, and tight deadlines at companies like Deliveroo force riders to take unnecessary risks on the roads.

Read IWGB member Shaf in @OpenDemocracy on courier safety issues during extreme weather.

opendemocracy.net/en/gig-economy…

I just contributed to the IWGB Couriers fighting fund & you should too! actionnetwork.org/fundraising/st…

Solidarity with Korea’s delivery riders, striking today and on 27th for fairer pay, insurance and data transparency!

It's time for the employers to listen. Riders everywhere are striking in a refusal to shoulder the burden of the cost of living crisis any longer.

I hear this a lot - we need more public toilets so more people can get out and about more comfortably & without worry

Thanks Age UK London for your work

IWGB Couriers also working hard to improve access & availability of toilets for delivery riders

🗣 'Delivery companies already treat their workers like robots so it's not surprising that they are showing more and more interest in automation,' said Ahmed Uhuru Hafezi of @iwgb_clb.

bit.ly/3T04dTx

“It’s our role as a union to build the network, nationally and globally, which unites us and channels actions like these into something even bigger and stronger.” - Dom, our chair, quoted in this important piece by polly smythe Novara Media novaramedia.com/2022/10/12/del…

'Riders are recognising that collective action is the only way to improve anything. It’s our role as a union to build the network and channel actions like these into something bigger & stronger.”

IWGB Couriers's Dom in @NovaraMedia on wave of courier strikes

novaramedia.com/2022/10/12/del…

In workplaces with a union presence, workplace injury rate is 24% lower and pay is 12.5% higher.

4 days left for Pedal Me to voluntarily recognise their riders' chosen union, IWGB!

🚩 THIS IS STILL LIVE! 🚩

Please give generously to defend these members of our community as they defended others during the raid.

Riders at Pedal Me know that unionising is about making the delivery company 'the best it can be', for workers as well as the environment 🌱

6 days for Pedal Me management to agree to recognise the IWGB! 🤝

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