STRIKING food delivery couriers protested in Newcastle today in their ongoing fight against pay cuts.

Couriers employed by Stuart Delivery and the Just Eat network in Sheffield in South Yorkshire have been on strike for 91 days after walking out on December 6 when bosses cut their delivery payments.

Independent Workers Union of Great Britain (IWGB) said delivery payments had been cut from £7 and £4.50 to £3.40.

It says they are now paid less than the minimum wage, yet have to provide and maintain their own vehicles and pay fuel costs.

IWGB couriers in other centres have also taken action including Chesterfield, Heckmondwike in West Yorkshire, Middlesbrough, Leicester, Belfast, Kent and Colchester.

Stuart Delivery and Just Eat deliver for clients such as McDonald’s, Greggs and KFC and the strikers have been targeting the fast-food chains for protests and pickets.

Today strikers protested at Greggs headquarters in Newcastle.

IWGB president Alex Marshall said: “As one of Just Eat’s biggest clients, Greggs, is complicit in the exploitation of our key workers. 

“Greggs claims to ensure that all workers in its supply chain receive fair pay and decent working conditions, but apparently this commitment ends at the last mile of delivery. 

“If Greggs is serious about its pledge ‘to work with partners to change the world for the better’ it must intervene and urge Just Eat and Stuart Delivery to reverse their savage pay cuts.”

Stuart Delivery is part of international logistics conglomerate Dynamic Parcel Distribution, which is owned by La Poste, the international delivery network operated by France’s state-owned postal service.

Stuart Delivery and Greggs have been invited to comment.