Close to 1,000 delivery workers for SoftBank-backed Colombian mobile application Rappi went on strike in the capital Bogota on Saturday to protest what they called unfair working conditions.
Delivery workers for Rappi and other delivery apps protest as part of a strike to demand better wages and working conditions, amid the coronavirus disease outbreak, in Bogota, Colombia August 15, 2020. REUTERS/Luisa Gonzalez
“Right now we are here for working rights,” said Andres Reyes, 28, who had joined Rappi to find work after the coronavirus outbreak. Protesters said they needed to earn hundreds of thousands of points from deliveries to be able to work in high-demand zones, though deliveries are worth just a few hundred points each.
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