Foreign food delivery workers stage rare strike in Dubai

Foreign food delivery workers in the United Arab Emirates staged a mass walk-out on Monday, calling for better pay and working conditions in a rare act of industrial action in the Gulf state, reports Reuters.

The strike comes after foreign workers this month forced another food delivery company to suspend plans to cut their earnings after walking off the job in protest against the move.

In the latest stoppage, drivers for Talabat, the Middle East unit of Germany's Delivery Hero, on Monday evening disrupted services as they refused deliveries in Dubai, the country's financial centre and a regional trade and tourism hub.