Around 100 Wolt drivers gathered outside the company’s headquarters in Nicosia on Monday as a strike over working conditions at the delivery service continued.

“From here to four kilometres they are giving us €1.50 per delivery,” one of the workers told the Cyprus Mail.

Another protester said that the striking drivers are from several different countries including Bangladesh, India, Nepal and Pakistan

“Being here we need to at least earn money for bread and butter,” he said.

The drivers demand higher pay, saying that last time they protested over their working conditions, the company decreased the wages instead.

“They are taking 33 per cent of our wages,” the first driver explained.

The Cyprus Mail saw a screenshot of what protesters say is an average delivery: 9.6km, around 20 minutes one-way by bike, with the total earnings amounting to €3.72 excluding the commission they pay to the third party company they are employed by.

Drivers say they plan on proceeding with their strike until Friday if the company does not make a move in their direction.

“They have already deleted 80 (driver) profiles,” a union official told the Cyprus Mail.

Asked how they will cope with the loss of money they will suffer from the strike, the drivers seem resigned. “You need to make sacrifices,” the second driver said.

The protest follows a first strike action on Saturday in Limassol and an overall work stoppage the workers began last Friday set to last for one week.

Wolt management at the headquarters declined the Cyprus Mail’s request to comment.