…Data from the Health Ministry shows an alarming reality: 1,4 million formal jobs have been lost since the arrival of covid-19 in the country. The Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics (IBGE) estimates that 40% of the Brazilian population is in the informal market.A large portion of these workers with no employment ties…will partake in a national strike this Wednesday, July 1st.

The so called “break”...demands better conditions for the workers, that will protest collectively by riding and halting traffic on large through ways of Brazilian cities, mainly in São Paulo. Among the delivery riders’ demands, are fair pay based on a minimum rate per fare that is higher than the current one, and a standard amount for each kilometer traversed…The immediate cessation of unjustified account suspensions, which according to organizers of the strike are frequently conducted by companies like Rappi, Ifood, Loggi and Ubereats, is also one of their main demands.“The best way to help us is to pay us more fairly for the deliveries. Today the rates are too low. If they paid us fairly, the riders would sort themselves out. We could pay for our bikes’ insurance”, says Diógenes, who at 43 has no other perspective other than continuing to work for these platforms…