Jordanian drivers working for the Dubai-based firm staged a three-hour strike on Sunday morning, days after profitable strikes organised by supply employees in the UAE.
Careem drivers in Jordan have organised a three-hour strike on Sunday to protest their working situations [Getty]
Hundreds of Careem drivers in Jordan mentioned they’d go on strike on Sunday to protest their working situations, Jordanian media reported on Saturday.
Strikers say the Careem rideshare firm, which is predicated in Dubai, has failed to fulfill their demands regardless of repeated conferences with firm representatives and with Jordan’s Land Transport Regulatory Commission (LTRC), a authorities physique regulating transport providers in the dominion.
One of the strikers’ important demands is the discount of fee charges for every journey from 20 to fifteen %. “The firm deducts a share of our cash, claiming that it’s a authorities tax. We requested many authorities what this tax is, however to no avail,” Mohammed Abu Mushref, a member of the Union of Captains of Smart Applications informed the Jordanian each day Jordan News.
The strike was staged for three hours on Sunday, the primary working day of the week in Jordan. “If no party makes a move, we will protest in front of the Ministry of Transport and the LTRC immediately,” Abu Mushref added.
Rideshare and supply firms are going through a wave of employee backlash in the area.
Foreign food-delivery employees in the UAE staged uncommon strikes this month, calling for higher pay and dealing situations. The first strike, staged on May 1st and 2nd, efficiently prompted London-based Deliveroo to stroll again on deliberate pay cuts.
Talabat drivers staged the same strike early final week, asking for a pay elevate.