[Leica] IMGs: Gig economy protest at Barcelona

[Jayanand Govindaraj]

Nice set. My pick is this one:

http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/DouglasBray/Spain/Barcelona+2018/Protest/Gig+Economy+Protest+5+-+Via+Laietana.jpg.html

Cheers
Jayanand

On Thu, Oct 11, 2018 at 7:47 PM Douglas Barry <imra at iol.ie> wrote:

> We were in our hotel room in Barcelona when we heard the waspish noise
> of a lot of two stroke motorbikes approaching on the Via Laeitana below.
> The cacophony got louder and louder and then stopped just underneath the
> bedroom window revving away while more and more joined in. It was fairly
> deafening.
>
> Opening the window I saw a protest by mainly Glovo couriers gathered
> en-masse, but it included a few Deliveroo ones too. They were unhappy at
> the income they were getting under the gig economy. Income in these jobs
> seems attractive until you factor in maintenance costs and depreciation.
> Most join up and discover the economic reality too late.
>
> Gig economy protest on Via Laeitana, Barcelona in September 2018. I took
> a few shots from above them, and then ran down to get among them on the
> street below. Has nine photos.
>
>
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/DouglasBray/Spain/Barcelona+2018/Protest/?g2_statusId=x81b9223e&g2_navId=x6ab5b380
>
> Fuji X100S. Can be seen LARGE.
>
> After about 20 minutes of revving, they moved off down the long Via
> Laeitana gathering more protesters as they went.
>
> Douglas
>
>
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