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Worker Movement in the 21st Century: Valentine’s Day Strike
The work of food delivery drivers involves constant risk, forcing them to choose between earning a few extra pounds or dollars and the risk of death due to excessive speed, harsh weather conditions, strenuous work during hours when friends are enjoying themselves, exposure to attacks from customers, and low wages.
In the UK and the USA, food delivery drivers went on strike on Valentine’s Day. In the UK, several thousand workers from major delivery firms such as Stuart, Deliveroo, Just Eat (known in Poland for unethical and criminal practices towards restaurants during the pandemic), and Uber Eats participated in the strike. In the UK, the drivers went on strike on Valentine’s evening from 5 pm to 10 pm, while in the USA, they refused courses to and from airports throughout the day and organized demonstrations from 10 am to 12 pm. The strike in the UK was organized by the grassroots group Delivery Job UK, which was informally formed. The first successful action organized by the group was a strike by 3,000 drivers on February 2nd.
When the revolution broke out in Chiapas on January 1, 1994, many claimed it was the first liberation struggle of the 21st century. Utilizing media and non-directed forms of resistance, including non-violent actions (such as capturing one of the military bases, mainly by women), alongside machine guns. Delivery Job…