INSIGHT-The gig workers taking legal action to regain control of their data Reuters 12/16/2020
By Umberto Bacchi and Avi Asher-Schapiro
TBILISI/BERLIN, Dec 16 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - L ondon-based Uber driver Abdurzak Hadi is self-employed but says he is not his own boss as his workflow is determined by an obscure computer algorithm.
With the ride-hailing app deciding which - and how many - clients he gets each day, Hadi says he cannot optimise work and make more money, prompting him to join legal action against Uber that could set a precedent for all workers in the gig economy. I m blind. I don t know what s going on. I can only see what the app gives to me, said Hadi, 41.