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9 жыл бұрын

Couriers in London have unionised!
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@davedaves431 3 жыл бұрын

Jesus I was getting £2-3 per job in 1989. Hard to imagine how you can afford to live in London on those wages now. Hope there's been some progress since this film's been made - and much respect to the man who's been at it since the '80's!

@Merseysiderful 5 жыл бұрын

Amazing that one of the couriers being interviewed has been doing the job since the 1980s !

@stevek4868 6 жыл бұрын

Hardworking people,respect to them

@kingsleyjamal5898 2 жыл бұрын

instablaster.

@cincobarrio1 9 жыл бұрын

Fellow couriers, best of luck unionizing! It's time this industry stopped fucking us so hard.

@pedalpost5572 7 жыл бұрын

Some of us in the industry of cycle logistics are working hard on this. Paying the living wage and employing riders (sick pay, holiday pay + insured / providing the bikes and equipment)

@ismailisnin7670 5 жыл бұрын

Most overlooked reason why ANY kind of messenger shud be paid FAIRLY - accidents. Just think - like a " James Watson" said -" so easy job, go from point a - b and back, why ask for more pay?" Well, what if that is ur LAST time out ? U get into an accident, died, and paid $3-5 for that? That is just not right.

@chillywilly7299 5 жыл бұрын

These guys deserve double the pay!! It is a very tough job.

@dominicbritt 6 жыл бұрын

Really important stuff ...bwahhh. Wonder of the 50 Grand cash delivery was legal...

@altemark 9 жыл бұрын

All the best to your organizing efforts. No gods, no masters.

@mannyechaluce3814 2 жыл бұрын

replaced by Emails, Docu sign, electronic fund transfer and eventually delivery drone.

@carlosdandrea447 4 жыл бұрын

Respect those people...they work!!!...

@22221mm Жыл бұрын

Yes to a union for you!

@jmb6587 4 жыл бұрын

GREAT clip. Hope the situation has improved money wise.

@abdulrajaf7444 3 жыл бұрын

Woooo..u Guys are Super.. (Respect)...

@faakfjaes 7 жыл бұрын

ORGANIZE!

@petathunberg5794 Жыл бұрын

You are heroes! Gope you are doing great nowadays

@joachimmacdonald2702 5 жыл бұрын

Workers of the world, unite!

@luckylifeonwheels626 2 жыл бұрын

You all should be payed better all around in the US and Canada as well as the UK you guys are needed and I think a union would be amazing for the bicycle courier as it will have benefits in case you get hurt on the job as well as vacation time.

@mohdacir8192 4 жыл бұрын

Ppl share the love, tip the delivery guys. What u give u will get back one way or another. Shame on you cheapskate companies & corporates.

@mdsyafiq6344 4 жыл бұрын

I hope things have changed since this video was posted!

@jonesy3497 7 жыл бұрын

Deserve a living wage

@bruceclark5627 3 жыл бұрын

Get a different job. Riding a bicycle is not a high skill set occupation.

@itsjustpizza 3 жыл бұрын

@@bruceclark5627 You're dead wrong if you think you can glance at someone's work & determine what skills they have. No way you'd say that to any messenger standing right in front of you.

@shibainu6087 2 жыл бұрын

@@bruceclark5627 firstly you need road and street knowledge equivalent to 'the knowledge' including footpaths. Secondly I invest what I earn into dividend paying funds. Thirdly, I'm a skilled IT infrastructure engineer and lost my job because of brexit. So call me unskilled.

@dopvmine_p 5 жыл бұрын

$50,000 damn you should of acted like you got jacked and they could have just collected on insurance....lol

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@ginti4725 5 жыл бұрын

A lot of negativerty towards couriers, but if they all went on strike tomorrow do you think the post office could garente to pick up within an hour an deliver within an hour after that, a lot of the time even quicker than that. How many companies depend on the flexibility these people provide rain or shine. This is a multi million pound industry that exploits courier an workers because who cares.

@YaNo... 4 жыл бұрын

Bike messeger are heros they risk their live for your packege...

@chugvision1866 4 жыл бұрын

Wonder if these people are better off now with deliveroo and all that

@myfirstcrappyvideobilly 3 жыл бұрын

Why do you have brakes on a fixed gear?

@veloevol 9 жыл бұрын

Had to laugh at 01:25 but well done for becoming stronger.

@iswagalot5744 7 жыл бұрын

What gear ratios do they ride lol

@rnp497 3 жыл бұрын

Create your won co-op business so instead of shareholders and CEO's all the money goes back in wages, holiday pay, sick pay help with costs for bike repairs and everyone get's a damn helmet! Paris and Madrid have 'em and you guys deserve to give the finger to these companies and get the rewards you earn

@paulfogarty7724 2 жыл бұрын

Depressing.....all the other cycle messenger videos make it look like the dream job !

@smorrisby 6 жыл бұрын

I have always thought that this industry is ripe for a co-op run by the members. Forget a union a co-op is the way to go. Uher and Deliveroo together with the idiots who demanded and got minimum wages only exacerbated things.

@rawslice 4 жыл бұрын

the reason wages are low is because lots of people are willing to work for less because they like the job.

@ThisIsDumb-YT 4 жыл бұрын

"If you want good employees, you have to pay them fairly." Weeeeeell, apparently not, man. You seem like a solid employee to me, and here you are making less than you did 30 years ago for the same job. Fuuuuuuuck economy. It's a scam.

@mannyechaluce3814 2 жыл бұрын

North Korea has no economy, I heard that is a wonderful place, I'll personally pay for your trip to go there, just let me know.

@jwoods9659 4 жыл бұрын

Why do you need a company to do that why can you just do it yourself or get a group of bikers to do it?

@jorgscz9175 4 жыл бұрын

sounds like these people need to get another job

@wasser80 5 жыл бұрын

I do it for fun, i like being on my bike all day, driving around ... and i DESERVE to be paid properly. Guess what: other people think the same and want have fun. It is a free market :) Get another job!!!

@madr1x 4 жыл бұрын

fuck off scab

@liokin229 2 жыл бұрын

You wouldn't last one damn day doing this shit. Fuck off lol.

@wasser80 2 жыл бұрын

lol. Cry me a river. Stem is still king :)

@jameswatson6364 9 жыл бұрын

You guys have one job, get to a-b and back. That's it. Why expect more pay for a simple job? Asking for more than what the job is worth is stupidly, Get a van licence and go work for UPS if you want higher pay.

@jameswatson6364 8 жыл бұрын

I've worked as a motorcycle courier and you're talking about pollution in the busiest city in this country. Yeah faster in delivering a letter or something lightweight and small within 5 miles but most parcels are large and heavy items that require heavy transportation to carry them. That is why the worth of a cyclist courier isn't as high as a motorcycle courier or van driver. Just because I drive a van or a motorcycle doesn't make me lazy, they are tools to get my job done end off.

@livingthroughtv 7 жыл бұрын

Obvious positives like reducing pollution and congestion aside; I think you'd actually find that many good Pushbike couriers probably earn more than just about every other kind as they have considerably fewer overheads.

@herbsmanherbs 7 жыл бұрын

They're not asking for more than the job is worth. They want a decent, fair rate of pay that they can actually live on.

@pedalpost5572 7 жыл бұрын

This is why most companies like city sprint are experiencing staff shortages. There now outsourcing deliveries to people like us who use cargobikes (reduced costs and beat congestion) and pay the living wage to staff. We're sat on over 100 cv's at the moment waiting to come on board

@livingthroughtv 7 жыл бұрын

Pedal & Post Urban Bicycle Delivery Service I realise that's just a shameless plug, and you're perfectly welcome to do that, but CitySprint have a number of cargo bikes on their van circuit - so I'd be quite surprised if they needed to outsource.