The average wage of a Deliveroo rider, or food delivery courier, was as low as €9.20 per hour in recent years and is continuing to decrease. Between the beginning of 2018 and 2020, around 10,000 courier runs were analysed by the Christian trade union CSC-United Freelancers to better understand their wages. The union has been calling on platforms such as Deliveroo and UberEats, which often highlight the ‘freedom and flexibility’ their delivery drivers get in job advertisements, to give these riders a real employee status.
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