Overview
- The Florence branches of Glovo and Deliveroo riders, organised by Nidil Cgil Firenze, voted to strike on Wednesday, July 15 to protest shrinking per-delivery pay and worsening conditions during heat waves.
- Riders say the piece-rate pay model yields steadily lower earnings and demand wages tied to actual hours worked rather than per-delivery cottimo.
- Health and safety concerns were central to the assembly, with workers warning that extreme heat makes cycling and motor deliveries dangerous and that paid suspensions for high temperatures must be guaranteed.
- Labour Minister Marina Calderone said the government is close to bringing the EU platforms directive to the Council of Ministers and emphasized planned action against 'caporalato digitale' and stronger inspections.
- The dispute sits inside broader national talks with Assodelivery and Conftrasporti and raises practical stakes for riders' income, accident protections, and the legal status of platform couriers if Rome adopts new rules.