Delivery drivers for Toters, a Lebanese mobile application that connects customers with food and groceries, went on a partial strike this week to protest low wages, which are set in the continuously collapsing lira...

Drivers, who typically deliver via motor scooter, complained to L'Orient-Le Jour of unfair wages and no work benefits such as medical coverage despite dangerous conditions...

Toters "has been constantly updating the driver earnings in response to the changing exchange rate in the informal market and gas price fluctuations," the company said via Twitter.

"As it stands, the average driver compensation per order is more than 45,000 LBP (excluding tips), and can reach 150,000 LBP (excluding tips) for a longer distance order," Toters added...

According to eight delivery drivers, Toters last week was in fact paying workers LL18,000 per delivery despite charging customer LL35,000 to LL50,000 in delivery fees, depending on the distance...

Each day, a delivery driver makes an average of 20 to 25 trips. Road conditions are often dangerous and salaries, which the drivers receive by cash transfer at the end of the month, does not always make the hard work worth it.