Thousands of food-delivery drivers walked off the job in Dubai over the weekend to protest low pay and poor working conditions, a rare act of defiance in the Middle East business hub where labor actions are criminalized.
The foreign workers contracted by Deliveroo, a U.K.-based app that went public last year with backing from Amazon.com Inc., refused to make deliveries for over 24 hours, crippling the company’s service during a busy period at the end of Ramadan when Muslims fast during the day.
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