The group Distributors Unidos de México (RUM) asked President Claudia Sheinbaum not to present a law so that the platforms grant them mandatory social security, without first discussing the interest of this group in continuing to make deliveries without being subject to a work schedule. .
In her morning conference this Wednesday, the president said that the law is now ready for delivery drivers to have social security, since they are a sector of the population that suffers many accidents.
However, delivery drivers seek to make social security an option.
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RUM even gathers signatures that support a decalogue that it put together and that proposes that only those delivery people who make deliveries for 40 hours a week are the ones who have access to social security with the contribution of the platforms.
In the case of accidents, the platforms must have accident insurance that covers the delivery people only during the period in which they accept an order and until the product is delivered.
Last week, RUM, which groups 2,000 delivery workers in the country, submitted a request to the National Palace to be heard by the president.
Likewise, the group Distributors Libres e Independientes, which brings together distributors from Mexico City, also released a letter in which the 100 signatory distributors declare that they are happy with the willingness of the new government to listen to their needs and give them access to health services. , although they mention that although they want to receive social security, they are worried that they will want to become employees, losing the freedom of schedules.
Delivery companies via apps share with the delivery people the concern that the authorities impose the granting of social security by law, in exchange for contracted delivery people who are obliged to comply with schedules.
Both delivery people and the applications Cabify, DiDi, Rappi and Uber have stated that flexible work is the option of hundreds of people who cannot work under a schedule, so they are asking for a dialogue to generate a consensus after listening to all voices.
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