By Christine Chen

SYDNEY (Reuters) -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 Tuesday, their workers would earn at least A$31.30 ($20.19) per hour. That represents an increase of about 25% for some couriers who are paid per delivery and not how long they have worked.

The deal would put them on par with the minimum wage earned by Australian casual workers.

If approved by the Fair Work Commission, the agreement will go into effect next July.

“For too long gig workers fell through the cracks,” Employment Minister Amanda Rishworth said in a statement.

“We didn’t think it was fair that these workers missed

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