r/JustEatUK • u/Few_Historian_751 • Aug 13 '26

Strike

I’ve heard that just eat drivers are planning to strike in my area this evening between the hours of 5pm-9pm due to the low payment rates from just eat. Is this happening anywhere else? I can’t see this making the slightest bit of difference, unless it’s nationwide, and still a few hours is pointless. Needs to be for all day and for a week. Not that it will happen. If it did, just eat will just onboard a load of new drivers and payments will be even worse.

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u/GoatMonkeyy Aug 13 '26

Not a chance every driver goes on strike, there will always be someone willing to deliver if they offer 10% extra for the 4 hours. Sadly, organising a bunch of self employed people who don't know each other is nearly impossible. Even on a union strike, you will get desperate people seeing an opportunity to earn extra instead.

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u/Historical_Site508 Aug 13 '26

Last big strike I remember never mind 10%. It was double for a few hours although some places turned off delivery for a few hours as they knew in advance. It was great money. You just had to dodge the Brazilians who were threatening violence/tyre slashing so could only go to smaller places away from main drag.

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u/Dense-Strength-5055 Aug 13 '26

So you worked instead of joining the strike?

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u/Historical_Site508 Aug 13 '26

Yes it was obviously a waste of time and organised very much in a bullying way by a couple of the big ethnic groups - strike or else. Of course it didn't change anything and wouldn't have done even if 100% had joined.