In a series of historic and wide-ranging digital rights rulings, the Court of Appeals in Amsterdam has found in favour of workers and against Uber and Ola Cabs.
Workers digital rights defeat Uber and Ola Cabs
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Demands to ban Uber’s introduction of predatory pay and pricing algorithms
This week Uber introduced dynamic pricing to London which sees algorithms utilize driver and personal data, including personal profiling to automatically set variable pay for drivers and fares for passengers.
New survey reveals the hidden cost of living in the gig economy this Christmas
20 December 2022: As people across the country struggle with the cost of living crisis this Christmas, a new survey by the Independent Workers’ Union of Great Britain (IWGB) reveals the extent of its triple impact on platform workers in the gig economy, who are also being hit with plummeting pay and soaring costs.
London: Hundreds of Uber drivers rally to protest the company’s failure to protect workers from the cost of living crisis
On Wednesday, about 400 Uber drivers attended a protest and rally outside of the company’s London offices in Aldgate.
High Court rules Uber business model unlawful
In a landmark victory for the App Drivers & Couriers Union (ADCU), the High Court Administrative Court has today refused Uber’s application to declare its controversial gig-economy business model lawful.
ADCU condemns Uber’s dishonest PR campaign on worker rights
The App Drivers & Couriers Union (ADCU) is concerned and distressed by comments from Uber managers to the media in conjunction with the GMB that it is now respecting the worker rights of drivers and calls on other private hire operators to do the same.
Drivers and couriers vow to escalate after protest at Uber HQ over unfair sacking of 200 key workers
Following the unfair dismissal of over 200 drivers and couriers by app-based operators this year, the Independent Workers’ Union of Great Britain (IWGB) brought together workers from its United Private Hire Drivers and the Couriers and Logistics Branches to protest on Monday outside Uber HQ at Aldgate Tower in London.
Cynical Uber cut pay as they give with one hand and take with the other, says IWGB
Earlier this week, Uber announced to drivers that their longest-serving drivers would see the service charge that they take from their pay increase from 20% to 25%.
App Drivers & Couriers Union launches legal action against Bolt for worker rights in wake of strike and protest action
In what has been the biggest gig economy worker protest action since the pandemic, yesterday hundreds of private hire drivers assembled at Bolt’s West London offices to demand their worker rights.
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