Delivery drivers have criticised Labour for hosting a Deliveroo “PR event” at its annual conference with no gig workers present.
The panel, organised by both Deliveroo and Labour-right campaign group Progressive Britain, was slated to include a Labour MP, a GMB representative, a Deliveroo representative, and a delivery driver.
But Martin Hermoso, listed on the event description as a “Deliveroo rider”, is in fact an ‘engagement manager’ at the company. Deliveroo insisted Hermoso “began riding with us and continues to ride today,” although his LinkedIn profile lists him purely in corporate roles during his seven years with the business, and he made no reference to any experiences of being a rider during the event.
