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It’s a delivery app run by Coupang,
Coupang Itz has announced that it will reduce the basic fees it gives to delivery drivers by 20% starting next month.
Coupang Eats is characterized by only one delivery driver at a time.
Drivers are protesting that if you cut 20%, you will not be able to earn the minimum wage.
Reporter Myung-chan Lee interviewed the scene about what the reality is like.
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In front of Coupang headquarters in Songpa-gu, Seoul.
Delivery drivers in helmets demanded a stop.
“Stop the rate policy immediately at will. Stop! Stop! Stop!”
When Coupang Itz announced that it would reduce the delivery fee by about 20% from 3,100 won to 2,500 won starting next month, it started a group action.
“Coupangitsu, delivered one house at a time, with the same taste and warmth”
Coupangitz has increased its customers by emphasizing that only one article is delivered at a time.
I put it out to the drivers that it’s safer because it’s delivered one at a time.
However, drivers claim that it is difficult to earn the minimum wage if the delivery fee is suddenly reduced to 2,500 won.
I actually followed the Coupangitz article.
[위대한/쿠팡이츠 기사]
“Yes, I caught it now. The last one in Seongnae 3-dong is near Myeongil Station. Now, I’ll go get it.”
It traveled 4.4 kilometers from Seongnae-dong, Gangdong-gu, Seoul to Myeongil-dong for about 20 minutes, and the money in hand was 4,900 won.
[위대한/쿠팡이츠 기사]
“I got 4,900 won for one thing, and I have to wait. Now… There’s no public. There are times when I get caught once every 10 minutes, and there are a lot of people who wait an hour each if I can’t get caught.”
In an hour and 10 minutes, a total of 3 cases were delivered and 11,000 won was earned.
However, if you apply the changing fee, it will be reduced to 9,600 won.
If calculated in one hour, it is less than 8,200 won and the minimum hourly wage of 8,720 won.
[위대한/쿠팡이츠 기사]
“Motorcycle price, motorcycle insurance premium, daily oil price. And you have to eat when you go outside. It’s not actually making money. It’s the level of spending money.”
When the basic delivery fee is reduced, drivers compete for speed and eventually increase the risk of accidents.
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“If you’ve earned a living by doing about 4 or 5 (at an hour), now you have to add 6 or 7 more to make a living. You have to compete for speed and a more dangerous situation… .”
Coupang explained that delivery drivers often refused to deliver over long distances, so a new fee system was introduced.
Instead, it is explained that there will be no loss because the premium fee has been increased by more than 10,000 won.
Knights say it’s a story that doesn’t know the reality.
[위대한/쿠팡이츠 기사]
“I want to try it with (coupang) on the back. Delivery, I want to tell you how the field works.”
Rider Union, a labor union of delivery drivers, is planning to visit the Fair Trade Commission on the 8th to request a review of Coupang Itz’ basic delivery fee reduction issue.
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(Video coverage: Yoon Byeong-soon / Video editing: Moon Myung-bae)
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