Quick commerce is making slow progress towards decent work in the Netherlands

Online grocery delivery businesses in the Netherlands have been accused of “trying to find paths toward profitability that essentially lead over the backs of workers” but delivery riders and their trade unions are fighting back.Read the full article

By Linda A. Thompson

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, Collective bargaining, Decent work, Youth, Trade unions, Future of work

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