Uber Eats has launched a new remuneration system for its delivery drivers in three urban areas, which the Union-Indépendant union denounces, estimating that it reduces remuneration “from 10% to 40%”, while according to the platform it should be extended to the rest of the territory “in the coming days.”
In the urban areas of Lille, Rouen and Valence, since October 10, Uber Eats has implemented a “new pricing system” to “value the time spent completing the trip,” says the delivery platform contacted by AFP.
Union-Indépendants, a union of independent workers, denounces in a statement this “unacceptable” decision that was taken “without consultation” and that causes a “drastic drop in remuneration”, estimated between 10% and 40% “compared to the above price list”.
They ask for the “immediate stoppage” of the new network
Uber Eats defends itself and states that “this change is not intended to reduce the average remuneration per trip,” adding that they will continue to “closely monitor its impact for delivery drivers, restaurateurs and customers of the application.” The group also specifies that this measure is accompanied by the establishment of a “minimum hourly income of 11.75 euros”, resulting from an agreement signed in April 2023 between delivery platforms and union organizations.
The Union-Indépendants union, contacted by AFP, indicates that it “does not understand anything” about this new price list and asks that it be “stopped immediately.”
In northern France, in Armentières and Douai, for example, Uber Eats delivery drivers went on strike to denounce this new pricing system, while Uber Eats prepares to expand the measure “nationally in the coming days.”
The CGT, for its part, congratulates the striking delivery drivers and calls for “amplifying the movement” throughout France, in particular during the weekend of Friday, November 3 to Sunday, November 5.
Source: BFM TV
