Asian Food Delivery Service Hungry Panda Criticised Over Labour Disputes

Published on March 3, 2024

A Chinese food delivery company has been accused of unfairly treating workers to Australia. On Feb. 23, Wang Zhuoying, a delivery rider of food delivery company Hungry Panda, spent her 40th birthday together with fellow delivery workers asking for fairness from her employer. She stopped receiving orders from the company after protesting for fair pay and dangerously short delivery deadlines. “It’s my 40th birthday today, but it’s not a beautiful birthday. I wish to defend my legal rights with actions” she said. The protests, organised with the Transport Workers’ Union (TWU), followed Australian federal parliament’s legislation to set minimum standards in the gig economy....

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