More than 100 Foodpanda delivery drivers in Thailand staged a strike outside a government building on Wednesday morning in response to the company’s unannounced plan to cut its pay per order to BHT 21 (USD 0.64), a drop of at least 30% from the original rate.
The gathering follows a similar protest outside Foodpanda’s office in Chiang Mai on Monday. No company representative met with the drivers that day, so the disagreement about the adjustment in remuneration was not resolved, per a local news report. The group of striking riders said to local media that they would stage a protest again on Wednesday if they did not receive a satisfactory response from the company.
“We want more than BHT 21 per order. I do not know why they are doing this to riders in Chiang Mai only,” one Foodpanda rider told KrASIA. The riders have stated two main demands: Foodpanda should ensure that the…
