State of Matter in collaboration with RidersCollective
We wish you a safe ride
“The only requirement for a job as a food delivery person is to be able to ride a bike,” said one CEO of a delivery platform. In fact, the delivery workers - mostly migrants - have almost no or no worker protection. Many are desperately dependent on these jobs, which drives exploitation. Precarious employment relationships based on freelance contracts are unfortunately very common in Austria. The collective agreement does not apply due to the form of the contract; where it would apply, there is still no agreement after almost a year. During WIEN WOCHE, State of Matter (SoM), in cooperation with the RidersCollective, is calling for active solidarity by bringing the public together with the drivers to take over their work shifts on a solidarity basis. In this way, riders can use the 'off-duty' time to learn more about their rights and connect with colleagues from whom they are deliberately separated by the working conditions dictated by the delivery platforms.
In order to deepen knowledge about trade unions, informal forms of organization and the prevailing working conditions, the project team offers daily workshops. The doors to the workshop program will be opened to the festival audience. There will be performative onboarding sessions as well as events to relax after work and for a cozy get-together. A documentation of the work process and portraits of the participants will be presented.
In the long term, the RidersCollective aims to achieve more solidarity, union representation and good working conditions for platform riders in Austria and everywhere.
Credits
Concept & production: Fabio Hofer/ State of Matter
Artistic direction: Ana Mikadze/ State of Matter
Project management: Madelaine Engstler/ State of Matter, Sundaraprasad Ramasamy Paramaguru/ RidersCollective
Performance art: Rasa Kavaliauskaite/ RidersCollective
Tour: Kira Lappé, Rajna Avramova, Onur Arisan
Special thanks: Toqa Eissa, Mohammad Abou Chucker, Miki&Ebi, Victoria Plasteig, William Häußler, Robert Walasinski
Related Events
Saturday 14.09.
@Kunsthalle Wien Karlsplatz (Treitlstraße 2, 1040 Vienna)
16:15–16:45 Performance: ON-BOARDING PERFORMANCE IN THE FRAME OF WIR SPRECHEN FÜR UNS SELBST! [EN]
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Monday 16.09.
@RidersCollective Space, Roter Bogen (U-Bahn Bogen 36, 1080 Vienna)
12:00–19:00 Social Campaign: LIKE RIDING? SHOW ACTIVE SOLIDARITY! Registration [EN, DE]
12:00–15:00 Workshop: “KNOW YOUR RIGHTS” workshop with Dania Kabil Registration [DE, ARA]
16:00–19:00 Workshop: “KNOW YOUR RIGHTS” workshop with Dania Kabil Registration [DE, Farsi]
About the workshop:
KNOW YOUR RIGHTS
workshop with Dania Kabil
‘In our workshop, we will look at the rights and obligations of riders at Foodora/Lieferando. We will deal with common scenarios from everyday working life and discuss how best to proceed in such situations.’
Dania Kabil is a legal advisor at ÖGB. She offers advice on labour law and all related issues in order to support employees in asserting their rights.
In the workshop, she will pass on practical tips and in-depth knowledge to empower riders in their day-to-day work.
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Tuesday 17.09.
@RidersCollective Space, Roter Bogen (U-Bahn Bogen 36, 1080 Vienna)
12:00–19:00 Social Campaign: LIKE RIDING? SHOW ACTIVE SOLIDARITY! Registration [EN, DE]
12:00–13:30 Workshop: “ALL ABOUT WORK” workshop with Milica Tomic-Schwingenschoegl & Team (AMS) ” Registration [DE]
13:30–15:00 Workshop: “ALL ABOUT WORK” workshop with Milica Tomic-Schwingenschoegl & Team (AMS) ” Registration [DE, ARA]
16:00-19:00 Workshop: HOW-TO ORGANIZE workshop with Sandra Stern [ARA, Farsi, DE] Registration
About the workshops:
All about Work
workshop with Milica Tomic-Schwingenschoegl & Team (AMS)
on offers, prospects and everything you need to know about finding a job.
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How-to Organize
workshop with Sandra Stern
We work for the same company and often have the same problems: poor pay, bad treatment in restaurants, no respect. In this workshop, we will discuss how we can join forces and achieve better working conditions together. We ride on our own - but never walk alone!
Sandra Stern works as a social worker, in trade union adult education and teaches at universities of applied sciences for social work. Sandra is co-founder of the UNDOK contact point and the Bureau for Self-Organisation.
Together with trade union colleagues, Sandra Stern has written the handbook ‘Organising with works councilors - asserting our concerns in the workplace’. It describes helpful steps and tools on how we can successfully organise together with our colleagues. The handbook can be downloaded from the accompanying website. Trade union members can order the handbook free of charge: https://organizing.at/
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Wednesday 18.09.
@RidersCollective Space, Roter Bogen (U-Bahn Bogen 36, 1080 Vienna)
12:00–19:00 Social Campaign: LIKE RIDING? SHOW ACTIVE SOLIDARITY! Registration [EN, DE]
12:00–16:00 Workshop: "Rider health & care" workshop with Institut für Frauen und Männer Gesundheit [DE, ARA, Farsi]
Registrieren
16:00–19:00 CREATIVE HANDS-ON SESSION + INFORMAL HANGOUT
About the Workshop:
Rider health & care
workshop with Institut für Frauen und Männer Gesundheit
The health centre has been providing advice and information on all aspects of health since it was founded in 2002.
It implements health promotion projects, taking into account specific needs in all their diversity. Depending on age, personal background or life situation, suggestions and support are given for better health.
To ensure that mental health is not neglected, there are also personal counseling sessions, which are also available in several languages if required.
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Thursday 19.09.
@RidersCollective Space, Roter Bogen (U-Bahn Bogen 36, 1080 Vienna)
15:00–17:00 WALKING TOUR/ WORKSHOP “NOWHERE BUT EVERYWHERE – MAPPING VIENNA’S HIDDEN (FOOD) DELIVERY INFRASTRUCTURES” [DE, EN]
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Friday 20.09.
@RidersCollective Space, Roter Bogen (U-Bahn Bogen 36, 1080 Vienna)
15:00–19:00 SHOWING AND GUIDED TOUR
18:00–18:30 Performance: ON-BOARDING PERFORMANCE
