“Rampant deforestation, uncontrolled expansion of agriculture, intensive farming, mining and infrastructure development, as well as the exploitation of wild species have created a ‘perfect storm’ for the spillover of diseases.”

Today, foodora Inc. in Canada (subsidiary of Delivery Hero SE) announced a plan to close its business after five years of operation. Canada is a highly saturated market for online food delivery and has lately seen intensified competition. foodora has unfortunately not been able to reach a strong leadership position, and has been unable to reach a level of profitability in Canada that’s sustainable enough to continue operations.

Foodsters United, CUPW Courier Local 104 have just learned alongside all workers that Foodora are closing their Canadian operations. We are saddened and greatly disappointed in Foodora and parent company Delivery Hero for their poorly thought out decision. This demonstrates a complete disregard for the wellbeing of us workers in an already extreme and uncertain time. Foodora has left restaurant partners, as well as couriers, without significant notice. Restaurants and couriers will have only 2 weeks to find alternate means of survival in the midst of the global COVID-19 pandemic.

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The Ontario Labour Relations Board ruled today that couriers working for Foodora are, as Foodsters United and the Canadian Union of Postal Workers argued, dependent contractors – which means they have the legal right to organize and certify a union.

Until now, Foodora misclassified the couriers as independent contractors, which allowed them to avoid certain employer responsibilities, and does not entail the right to union certification. But the union’s argument prevailed.

Jan Simpson, CUPW National President, said “This decision shows that the tide is turning towards justice for thousands of gig workers in Ontario and soon these workers will have the right to their union. CUPW is proud to be part of challenging the big app-based employers, and reshaping the future of work in favour of workers’ rights, safety, and respect.”

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Since last night, two out-of-province vessels were turned away in Port Aux Basques and denied offloading their crab in Newfoundland and Labrador. Many others turned back at-sea. The vessel operators were understanding of situation. NL fish harvesters did not interfere with crab being iced and boats were refueled but were not permitted to offload. The boats turned back without incident.

Food delivery service Foodora says it will no longer do business in Canada as of May 11.

The company delivers cooked meals from restaurants to customers who order them on a smartphone app, taking a cut of the sale. It competes in Canada with services such as DoorDash, UberEats and SkipTheDishes.

Foodora is a subsidiary of German company Delivery Hero, which runs various food delivery services in 44 countries around the world.

A number of people at an Ontario greenhouse have tested positive for COVID-19.

Dr. David Colby, medical officer of health for Chatham-Kent, said there are 40 positive cases of COVID-19 among the workforce of Greenhill Produce near Kent Bridge.

Colby said the entire workforce of more than 100 employees have been tested, and so far 22 tests have come back negative.