Students, intermittents du spectacle, unemployed young people… The delivery of meals yesterday were not similar to those of today. In three years, the young cyclists seeking to round out their purposes of months have, for a large number of them, given way to precarious workers ready to ride races at the rates tight, sometimes illegally.
Some of them are illegal and work as subcontractors to other couriers, who rent their account and take a commission
“When I worked at Deliveroo, the profile of the drivers was quite “white”, with a population of student athletes. Since mid-2018, it saw the arrival of migrants, who barely speak French. Some of them are illegal and work as subcontractors to other runners. They rent out their account and take a commission of up to 50 % of the amount of the race”, explains Jérôme Pimot, the spokesperson of the Collective of drivers, stand-alone Paris, Clap 75.
Some drivers are at the head of a microgrid system of sub-contractors, including minors. Interviewed by the New York Times in June, …
