Mexico's riders join forces against the risks of Uber Eats

This article was written and published in Spanish and has been translated into English via Google Translate. Click here to read the original article.

Mexico City deliverymen have protested again to demand that platforms such as Rappi and Uber Eats not deprive them of their rights as workers.

Companies like Uber Eats and Rappi do not consider their employees as "workers", so they do not have any kind of benefits and, much less, something that covers them in case of an accident.

THE REALITY OF RISK

The problem is that many times, riding the city on a bicycle street puts your life at risk in different ways. For starters, we have cases in which the deliverymen have been run over - one even lost his life working - as has happened in other cities.

Another risk, and perhaps the most common, is being assaulted. In these cases they are in a total situation of helplessness, even when they suffer injuries. If for some reason they can no longer continue working as a deliveryman, the companies are not affected whatsoever.

The Ministry of Mobility most recently stipulated that distributors must have a special license, since a large number of accidents in the capital involve this population.

IN MEXICO CITY THERE ARE APPROXIMATELY 9,000 RIDERS DEMANDING REGULATIONS TO BE SEEN AS WORKERS

The protest was held on November 27th under the Axis 5 bridge, a place where a deliveryman named Matías Flores lost his life while working and was run over.

It only remains to wait and see if this ignites any response from the companies and the government.

This article was written and published in Spanish and has been translated into English via Google Translate. Click here to read the original article.

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