SYDNEY - Australian food delivery workers are on course to gain minimum pay levels after Uber Eats and DoorDash struck a deal with the country’s transport union that is being hailed as a world first.

Under a draft agreement released on Nov 25, their workers would earn at least A$31.30 (S$26.40) per hour. That represents an increase of about 25 per cent for some couriers who are paid per delivery and not how long they have worked.