On Sheffield high street, a busy picket line has formed. Couriers who work for Stuart, the delivery company, are refusing to pick up McDonald’s takeaway orders made via the Just Eat app.
“The support we’ve been getting is incredible,” says Khalil Lange, 31, who has been a Stuart driver for three years. He says he used to enjoy the work and made reasonable money, but that has steadily changed.
The final straw has been a new pay structure that couriers say slashes the minimum rate of pay per delivery by 24% – from £4.50 to just £3.41. Just as a cost-of-living crisis hits the country with inflation going through the roof.
