International Declaration / 8 October: 4° International Stoppage of Delivery Drivers

Again the unit of the distributors and application workers in struggle will be seen in more than 12 countries of the world on the street next 8 October.

The date of 8 October is no coincidence, but it is strategic. We seek to join with the defense of the AB5 law in the State of California (USA) that by law has granted labor recognition to thousands of application workers, he 6 In October, the elections that will determine the permanence and execution of this law begin in this state., We openly call to reject the attack organized by Uber, Lyft, DoorDash who have already “invested” more than $180 millions of dollars for people to vote for the proposal 22 anti-worker. The victory of this struggle will mean a precedent and progress for workers in the rest of the world to obtain our demands.

From Japan to the United States; from Germany to France, Spain and Italy; from Mexico and crossing Latin America with Ecuador, Colombia, Costa Rica, Brazil, Chile and Argentina will hear in an organized manner the complaints against employers in many common cases such as Uber/Uber Eats, order Now, Rap, Globo, IFood, Deliveroo, Lyft, DoorDash, etc.

The employers are multinational, exploitation is global, That's why this fight is international.

We are facing the attempt of these companies to impose a model of labor flexibility, that mean a setback in the labor rights acquired for all workers in the world. This new labor model is characteristic of the role that employers give to technology in order to increase their own profits., at the cost of the decline in the living conditions of millions of workers. As well as a generalized action of the states to allow and guarantee the job insecurity that they want to impose..

The Coronavirus pandemic deepened the job insecurity of application workers, tens of thousands of colleagues were affected by the contagion of the virus, without companies having provided safety and hygiene materials in quantity and quality to try to prevent the expansion of Covid19, affecting workers and users.

The great struggles that were taking place in different countries around the world with thousands of app workers on the streets, like in Brazil, Colombia, Mexico, California, etc. They were preparing the conditions to carry out this Fourth International Strike of Delivery Drivers and Application Workers.

 We repudiate the brutal repression of the police and paramilitary groups in Colombia that has already caused more than 13 dead, two of whom are fellow delivery drivers. Colombian workers are rising up against the brutal adjustment of President Duque who intends to put the crisis on the backs of the workers , we sympathize with their fight.

We reject the regulations that intend to vote in Argentina, Colombia and other countries where delivery drivers have not been consulted and in which they intend to institutionalize labor fraud and terrible working conditions. We repudiate and denounce the pirate agreement signed by the platforms in Italy. An agreement that worsens and exasperates the precarious conditions in which riders are forced to work

• It is 8 October we will raise the flags of the fair demand for labor recognition, we are not collaborators, we are workers! Due to the increase in our income, which in many cases has been frozen for more than two years or in more serious cases has been unilaterally reduced by companies..
• We reject the ranking system that encourages deadly competition among workers.
• We demand occupational risk insurance from app employers, medical and theft coverage, They must take charge of the work tools, accidents, hospitalizations at no cost to workers. Paid sick leave, accidents and pregnancy.
• Enough of unjustified blockages, right to reject orders without penalties.
• We demand justice and compensation through compensation for the families of colleagues killed in the workplace..

Through assemblies and the genuine participation of app workers, let us strengthen organization and class unity to be able to strike as one fist..

Long live the international struggle of the workers!!

Long live the international strike! 8 October application workers!

Organizations from Japan-Italy-Brazil-Argentina-Canada-Spain-USA-England-Ecuador-Costa Rica-Colombia-Germany-France-Mexico-Chile sign