0148.json

{
    "id": 260,
    "date": "2019/05/01",
    "sources": [
        "https://www.vice.com/en_ca/article/gy4qew/foodora-couriers-want-to-be-among-first-gig-economy-workers-to-unionize-in-canada",
        "https://www.globenewswire.com/news-release/2020/04/27/2022709/0/en/foodora-Canada-announces-plans-to-close-business-while-assuring-support-for-employees.html",
        "https://www.thestar.com/business/2020/04/29/foodora-declares-bankruptcy-in-canada-leaving-47-million-in-debt.html"
    ],
    "actions": [
        "union drive"
    ],
    "struggles": [
        "pay and benefits",
        "working conditions"
    ],
    "employment_types": [
        "gig workers"
    ],
    "description": "Foodora couriers announced their intention to join a union of Canadian post workers and held a union drive. If successful, this would make Foodora workers the first app-based employees to unionize in Canada. In April 2020 the company announced its intention to leave the Canadian market and initiated bankruptcy proceedings, making the future of the business and the unionizing effort uncertain. ",
    "online": null,
    "locations": [
        "toronto-ontario-canada"
    ],
    "companies": [
        "foodora"
    ],
    "workers": 1000,
    "tags": [
        "delivery_workers"
    ],
    "author": [
        "nataliyaned"
    ],
    "latlngs": null,
    "addresses": null
}