South Africa's migrant delivery workers find safety in numbers
요약
보고된 날짜: 2024년 10월 15일
위치: 남아프리카공화국
기업 페이지
Uber Eats - Client영향받은
영향받은 사람의 수: 숫자를 알 수 없음
Migrant & immigrant workers: ( 숫자를 알 수 없음 - 짐바브웨 , 속달 , Men , Unknown migration status )토픽들
결사의 자유 , 노동 조합에 대한 권리 , 정보 접근성 , 산업 안전 및 보건 , 비사법적 구제절차에 대한 접근성 , 사회 보장결과
응답 요청 여부: 예, Journalist에 의해 요청됨
응답을 볼 수 있는 외부 링크: (더 알아보기)
시행된 조치: Uber told journalists that among other offerings it has added an in-app emergency button, which dispatches security and medical officers. The company says accident insurance is available to all drivers, following an investigation. But drivers journalists spoke to said they were unaware of the insurance, were too afraid to claim it, or had their claims rejected.
출처: News outlet
요약
보고된 날짜: 2024년 10월 15일
위치: 남아프리카공화국
기업 페이지
Mr D Food - Client영향받은
영향받은 사람의 수: 숫자를 알 수 없음
Migrant & immigrant workers: ( 숫자를 알 수 없음 - 아프리카 , 속달 , Gender not reported , Unknown migration status )토픽들
산업 안전 및 보건결과
응답 요청 여부: 예, Journalist에 의해 요청됨
응답을 볼 수 있는 외부 링크: (더 알아보기)
시행된 조치: Mr D Food did not comment to journalists.
출처: News outlet
요약
보고된 날짜: 2024년 10월 15일
위치: 남아프리카공화국
기업 페이지
Sixty60 - Client영향받은
영향받은 사람의 수: 숫자를 알 수 없음
Migrant & immigrant workers: ( 숫자를 알 수 없음 - 아프리카 , 속달 , Gender not reported )토픽들
산업 안전 및 보건결과
응답 요청 여부: 예, Journalist에 의해 요청됨
응답을 볼 수 있는 외부 링크: (더 알아보기)
시행된 조치: Sixty60 did not respond to journalists' request for comment.
출처: News outlet
South Africa has long been a hub for migrants and refugees, who come from neighboring countries seeking opportunities in Africa’s strongest economy. But the country is also notorious for high levels of violent crime, road accidents, and xenophobia — all challenges people must face as they try to build new lives.
Many migrant workers end up working for food courier companies, spending hours navigating the country’s dangerous roads on thousands of motorbikes.
As gig workers, they are considered contractors rather than full-time employees, which means they do not qualify for benefits such as sick leave, disability cover, or medical insurance. They also cannot join formal unions.
Some courier companies have started to offer safety measures such as in-app emergency buttons and accident insurance following investigations. But drivers are not always aware of these measures; some are afraid of availing of the benefits on offer for fear of damaging their already precarious work opportunities — or worse, being deported back home.
This “running from zero to zero,” as Congolese driver Feza Mande puts it, has prompted drivers to form their own informal unions, mainly using Facebook and WhatsApp to band together. In these online spaces, they warn one another about mugging hot spots and share information about accidents so that they can come to a fellow driver’s aid or visit injured drivers in the hospital.
The existing national road insurance fund is struggling with financial and operational issues. Accident payments take a long time, leading drivers to pool their money to help each other out when disaster strikes. If a driver is killed while working, they fundraise to send the body back home.
...