For about three years, Mr Aloysius Lee worked every day of the week, for 12 to 14 hours a day, delivering food and small furniture to customers of logistics company Lalamove in his sedan.
Amid the risk of fatigue, carrying heavy loads and road accidents, the 31-year-old was unsure what recourse he would have if he got injured or met with an accident.
But with a pact inked between Lalamove and a national association that champions the welfare, job and wage prospects of food and package delivery workers on Nov 28, Mr Lee is assured that he will know where to go for help.
He and other delivery drivers using Lalamove will have a formal process to raise work-related grievances or disputes after the logistics company signed an agreement to recognise the National Delivery Champions Association (NDCA), so that these workers can be represented by the association.
This recognition hinges on NDCA, an affiliate of the National Trades Union Congress, being successful in its application to be a platform work association under the new Platform Workers Act, which takes effect on Jan 1, 2025.
This story is from the November 29, 2024 edition of The Straits Times.
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