Out of the frying pan, into the fire? Meal couriers sweat amid heatwave
Utrecht, Netherlands/Palermo, Italy Reuters As Europe braces for another heatwave, one group of workers has little choice but to sweat it out: the couriers shuttling around town getting lunches and dinners to customers. “It’s hot, sometimes really hot. But what can we do? God is in charge of the weather,” says Gennaro Guarracino, 47, who […]
“A digital wild west”?: Concerns grow over delivery apps, gig work and “queue jumping”
UMBERTO BACCHI, of Thomson Reuters Foundation, reports that third-party apps that let delivery riders pay to ‘jump the queue’ for orders are angering gig workers in Italy…
Zero-carbon takeaway? Spanish delivery start-up Glovo targets greener future
Barcelona, SpainThomson Reuters Foundation On-demand delivery service Glovo, whose riders with distinctive yellow bags have continued to carry meals, medicine and other goods to city residents under lockdown, said on Monday it will offset all its carbon emissions by the end of 2021. The Barcelona-based company runs an app that lets its users in 22 […]