Deliveroo riders across Belgium and the Netherlands went on strike over the weekend after Deliveroo refused to delay its decision to treat all workers as self-employed from 1 February, reports The Telegraph. Riders for the food courier firm refused delivery requests and asked restaurants to disconnect the app. Belgian trade union CNE said that the strikes will continue every Saturday and accused Deliveroo of only taking on new workers if they agreed to be self-employed. “The multinational cannot simply impose precarious employment status upon its workers solely under the pretext of its operating via the internet, and by taking an aloof attitude to the issue,” the union stated. A Deliveroo spokesperson said, “Deliveroo is growing across Belgium because we are offering people the flexible, well-paid work we know riders want.” Last November in the UK, the Central Arbitration Committee ruled that the Deliveroo’s riders were self-employed contractors and not employees.