Just Eat riders strike in Zurich over jobs and redundancies

Just Eat riders in Zurich and the Glatt Valley walked off the job amid threatened redundancies. The strike affected delivery shifts across both areas, with more than half of some lunchtime and evening shifts cancelled. The workers’ action brings pressure over jobs and employment conditions directly into the company’s delivery service. The union says riders are seeking permanent jobs and negotiations with Just Eat. Those demands sit alongside the threat of redundancies, making job security a central issue in the dispute.

Threatened redundancies have put job security at the centre of the dispute. Riders in Zurich and the Glatt Valley are taking strike action as their positions face cuts. The union says workers want permanent jobs, making the employment status of riders a key point in the conflict. The action also seeks negotiations with Just Eat, placing the company’s response at the heart of the next stage. The riders’ demands link the immediate risk of job losses with a call for more secure employment.

More than half of some lunch and evening shifts were cancelled. The disruption shows how the strike reached the periods when riders were scheduled to make deliveries in Zurich and the Glatt Valley. The cancellations applied to some shifts, rather than every shift across the two areas. The action connected the risk of redundancies with workers’ push for permanent jobs and talks with the company. For Just Eat, the strike has made those demands visible in its local delivery operation.

The union is calling for negotiations with Just Eat. Its stated priorities are permanent jobs and talks with the company, while threatened redundancies remain the backdrop to the strike. The action in Zurich and the Glatt Valley has brought the dispute into the open through cancelled shifts and reduced rider availability on some lunch and evening services. The next step sought by the union is a negotiating process with Just Eat, alongside its demand for secure jobs.