Police were called to Greggs's Newcastle HQ after striking Just Eat couriers stormed the building during a demonstration.
Just Eat couriers from across the UK met outside of the Greggs building in Quorum Business Park on Thursday (March 24) as part of ongoing strike action by members of the Independent Workers’ Union of Great Britain (IWGB). It comes as subcontractor Stuart Delivery, which employs the couriers, slashed the base rate of delivery pay by 24% in December 2021 while the the cost of living crisis threatened to worsen.
The IWGB union says Stuart Delivery couriers are forced to work "upwards of 12 hours a day for poverty pay," with the pay cut seeing the minimum rate of pay per delivery drop from £4.50 to £3.40. JustEat couriers are also forced to pay fuel and vehicle costs out of their own wages.
