Deliveroo Delivers Inequality
It is now difficult to walk anywhere in London without seeing cyclists pedaling furiously to deliver take away food to customers. In Victorian times servants were kept downstairs to serve their employers; today they travel the streets exhausted without even receiving an hourly fee. If they are waiting to make a delivery they don’t get paid. Riders can be waiting for up to an hour for a delivery without getting paid a penny. Last month DELIVEROO food couriers gathered in London to discuss a plan to force the company to offer better workers’ rights. Workers in north London are demanding union recognition, inspired by the recent landmark employment tribunal ruling against private vehicle hire company Uber. In a test case brought by general union GMB, the tribunal panel invoked Shakespeare and Milton in a withering judgement last month, throwing out Uber’s claim that it was merely a technology company. It was ruled that Uber drivers were workers rather than self-employed contractors. The judgement could trigger sweeping changes across the so-called “gig economy.” Precarious workers could win access to the national minimum wage and holiday pay because of the ruling, which Uber is now appealing against.
Delivery cyclists in London have become a symbol of a city deeply divided between the rich and the poor.
Deliveroo delivery 2016
Deliveroo delivery 2016
Deliveroo delivery 2016
Deliveroo worker collects food for delivery 2016
Deliveroo delivery 2016
Delivery worker waits for a delivery instruction 2016
Deliveroo delivery 2016
Deliveroo delivery 2016
Delivery worker waits for a delivery instruction 2016
Deliveroo delivery 2016
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I’m A Second Hand Shopper
I can only get excited about shopping if I’m buying stuff in a market or a ‘second hand’ or charity shop.
Sam outside his second hand shop in Cheshire street. London early 1980s
New clothes for sale, Brick Lane. London 2009
A street trader takes a break and greets a friend on Brick Lane. London 1983
Pineapples for sale in Dhaka, Bangladesh 1994
Vegetables for sale on Brick Lane. London 1983
Selling second hand clothes on Brick Lane. London 2009
Bishopsgate goods yard suitcase sale. London 2001
Clothes for sale, Brick Lane. London 2008
Boy examining a small teapot at the Sclater Street market. London 1987
Boy looking after vegetable stall on the street. Chittagong, Bangladesh 2008
Aldgate East paper sellers. London 1987
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Waiting
I spend a lot of time just waiting for the photograph.
Whitechapel Station, London 1984
Bus stop. Mile End, London 2009
Whitechapel Station, London 1984
Bus stop. Roman road, London 2004
Whitechapel Station, London 1984
Whitechapel Station, London 2005
Betting shop. Whitechapel road, London 1985
Bus stop. Whitechapel, London 2009
Brick Lane, London 1987
Bus stop, Bethnal Green Rd, London 2008
A woman looking out a window. Bishopsgate 1989
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Imagine A World Without Mobile Phones
Sometimes I think the world is morphing into a giant mobile phone.
Mobile phone in the city of London around 1989
Conversation on Commercial street, London 2006
Mobile texting on Vallance Rd, London 2004
Young man outside a book shop in Dhaka, Bangladesh 2008
City man using a mobile phone, London 2007
Woman using a mobile phone in Stepney, London 2008
Rickshaw driver with passenger using a mobile phone. Dhaka, Bangladesh 2008
Woman with mobile phone. Brick Lane, London 2010
Woman using a mobile phone. Marrakech, 2007
Banani, Dhaka, Bangladesh 2009
Whitechapel Road, London 2009
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Memories of Liverpool
Liverpool Anglican Cathedral 1978
Boy riding a bicycle in Liverpool, 1979
Distant view of the Anglican Cathedral. Liverpool late 1970s
Lodge Lane, Liverpool, 1979
Posters, Liverpool 1979
An empty street, Toxteth Liverpool, 1981
Liverpool housing, 1978
Distant view of the Anglican Cathedral. Toxteth, Liverpool late 1970s
Liverpool 1978
Liverpool 8 playground, 1980
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