{"podcast":{"title":"On This Day in Working Class History","slug":"on-this-day-in-working-class-history-6766530","podcast_index_feed_id":6766530,"rss_url":"https://www.spreaker.com/show/6070772/episodes/feed","website_url":"https://workingclasshistory.com/","image_url":"https://d3wo5wojvuv7l.cloudfront.net/t_rss_itunes_square_1400/images.spreaker.com/original/6d8396c2dee8efae4fb6e6f06be1aa9a.jpg","author":"Working Class History","episode_count":868,"summary":"Daily briefings of On This Day people's history anniversaries every day of the year. From the Working Class History team. Help support our work by joining us on patreon and accessing exclusive content and benefits: patreon.com/workingclasshistory","last_synced_at":"2026-06-30T14:17:22.340057+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/on-this-day-in-working-class-history-6766530"},"episode":{"title":"30 April 2022: Dubai Deliveroo strike","slug":"30-april-2022-dubai-deliveroo-strike","published_at":"2026-04-30T04:05:02+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/on-this-day-in-working-class-history-6766530/30-april-2022-dubai-deliveroo-strike","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/on-this-day-in-working-class-history-6766530","url":"https://www.spreaker.com/episode/30-april-2022-dubai-deliveroo-strike--71033852","audio_url":"https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/api.spreaker.com/download/episode/71033852/04_30_2022_dubai_deliveroo_strike.mp3","summary":"On this day, 30 April 2022 food delivery couriers working for the Deliveroo app in Dubai went on strike, shutting down the app, and defying a ban on strikes in the United Arab Emirates. The drivers were facing a pay cut from $2.79 per delivery down to $2.38. The UK-based firm, backed by tech giant Amazon, also intended to increase the length of the working day up to 14 hours per day. The workers, all of whom were migrants from South Asia, remained on strike until May 2 when the company agreed to abandon both proposed changes. The following week, riders for delivery service Talabat also walked out demanding a pay increase. More information, sources and map: https://stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/7946/dubai-deliveroo-strike Our work is only possible because of support from you, our listeners on patreon . If you appreciate our work, please join us and access exclusive content and benefits at patreon.com/workingclasshistory . See all of our anniversaries each day, alongside sources and maps on the On This Day section of our Stories app: stories.workingclasshistory.com/date/today Browse all Stories by Date here on the Date index: https://stories.workingclasshistory.com/date Check out our Map of historical Stories: https://map.workingclasshistory.com Check out books, posters, clothing and more in our online store, here: https://shop.workingclasshistory.com If you enjoy this podcast, make sure to check out our flagship longform podcast, Working Class History","meta_description":"On this day, 30 April 2022 food delivery couriers working for the Deliveroo app in Dubai went on strike, shutting down the app, and defying a ban on strik…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":79,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/on-this-day-in-working-class-history-6766530/episodes/30-april-2022-dubai-deliveroo-strike/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/on-this-day-in-working-class-history-6766530/30-april-2022-dubai-deliveroo-strike.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}