Food-delivery workers in the United Arab Emirates have staged a mass walkout, calling for better pay and working conditions in a rare instance of industrial action in the country.
The strike followed similar action earlier this month: Deliveroo workers forced the company to suspend plans to cut pay.
In the latest episode, drivers for Talabat, the Middle East unit of the German company Delivery Hero, began refusing to make deliveries in Dubai.
A group of Talabat drivers said they had been encouraged to take action to demand a better deal after seeing the success of a strike earlier this month by Deliveroo delivery workers.
That strike, which massively disrupted Deliveroo’s services on May 1, saw the British food delivery company meet driver demands not to proceed with plans to cut pay.
Independent trade unions, public protests and industrial action are banned in the Gulf country.
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