Unions seek rise in drivers’ wages
THE cost of food delivery could be about to skyrocket following a union push to raise the minimum wage of drivers.
The powerful Transport Workers Union and the Australian Workers’ Union want to raise the minimum hourly wage for delivery drivers to $24 an hour – and both unions plan on taking the campaign to the Labor Party’s national conference in July.
Food delivery apps such as Deliveroo, Uber Eats and Foodora would also have to provide drivers with conditions such as superannuation and a minimum number of hours per shift.
It would essentially recognise delivery drivers as employees, rather than contractors.
TWU boss Tony Sheldon said workers were struggling to pay their bills and had “no prospect for dignity in retirement” because no superannuation was being paid.