Delivery drivers for the app Deliveroo wait for orders, in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, on September 9, 2021. Advocates and workers say that casualties among food delivery riders are mounting in the city of Dubai, as the pandemic accelerates a boom in customer demand. The trend has transformed Dubai’s streets and drawn thousands of desperate riders, predominantly Pakistanis, into the high-risk, lightly regulated and sometimes-fatal work [File: Jon Gambrell/AP Photo]
Hundreds of Deliveroo riders went on a strike in Dubai to protest against pay cuts and long working hours, forcing the company to backdown.
The strike on Sunday, a day which is also marked around the world as International Labour Day, or May Day, disrupted deliveries from the app-based food delivery company’s restaurant partners to their customers.
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