Citing meager wages, no safety gear, and exploitative working conditions, the country’s drivers are organizing to demand better.
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Them getting a union could go either way. On the one hand I feel it would be good for them to have a support structure that ensures fair pay and working conditions. On the other hand they could also go the way of the taxi unions and basically turn into a gang.

Theres already a running joke that delivery drivers constitute the biggest biker gang in ZA

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