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French advocacy groups accuse Deliveroo and Uber Eats of 'human trafficking'

A Deliveroo food delivery worker rides on a street in Toulouse, France, 18 March 2025. © Ed Jones/AFP

A coalition of French delivery workers' advocacy groups has filed a criminal complaint against food delivery platforms Deliveroo and Uber Eats, accusing them of "human trafficking". They are also threatening Uber Eats with a class action lawsuit for discrimination on behalf of delivery workers, many of whom are immigrants.

Delivery workers are "completely dependent" on the platforms and "forced to accept any working conditions", argue the plaintiffs: the Maison des Livreurs (Delivery Workers' Centre) in Bordeaux, the Maison des Coursiers (Couriers' Centre) in Paris, and the delivery worker support groups AMAL and Ciel.

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