30 April 2022: Dubai Deliveroo strike

30 April 2022: Dubai Deliveroo strike

From On This Day in Working Class History by Working Class History

April 30, 2026 · 1 min

About this episode

This episode discusses the Deliveroo strike in Dubai on April 30, 2022, where food delivery couriers protested against pay cuts and extended working hours.

On this day, 30 April 2022 food delivery couriers working for the Deliveroo app in Dubai went on strike, shutting down the app, and defying a ban on strikes in the United Arab Emirates. The drivers were facing a pay cut from $2.79 per delivery down to $2.38. The UK-based firm, backed by tech giant Amazon, also intended to increase the length of the working day up to 14 hours per day. The workers, all of whom were migrants from South Asia, remained on strike until May 2 when the company agreed to abandon both proposed changes. The following week, riders for delivery service Talabat also walked out demanding a pay increase. More information, sources and map: https://stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/7946/dubai-deliveroo-strike Our work is only possible because of support from you, our listeners on patreon . If you appreciate our work, please join us and access exclusive content and benefits at patreon.com/workingclasshistory . See all of our anniversaries each day, alongside sources and maps on the On This Day section of our Stories app: stories.workingclasshistory.com/date/today Browse all Stories by Date here on the Date index: https://stories.workingclasshistory.com/date…

People in this episode

Host: Working Class History

Topics covered

  • labor strike
  • food delivery
  • workers' rights
  • migrant workers
  • pay cut
  • UAE
  • Deliveroo

Keywords

  • Deliveroo
  • Dubai
  • strike
  • migrant workers
  • pay cut
  • Talabat
  • workers' rights

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Deliveroo, Amazon, Talabat

Places: Dubai, United Arab Emirates, South Asia

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