The deaths of Xiaojun Chen and Uber Eats rider Dede Fredy have highlighted the precarious conditions for gig economy workers

Residents of a Sydney suburb have helped more than $30,000 in three days for the Chinese family of a food delivery rider whose death last month has thrown a spotlight on the precarious conditions facing gig economy workers.

Xiaojun Chen, a 43-year-old from a small village in rural China who worked for the delivery app Hungry Panda, was struck by a bus in the Sydney suburb of Zetland on 29 September.

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