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Last modified on Wed 26 May 2021 14.49 EDT Uber is to recognise the GMB trade union in the UK for its private hire drivers, marking the first deal between a union and a gig economy ride-hailing service. Uber has signed the deal two months after agreeing to guarantee its 70,000 UK drivers a minimum hourly wage, holiday pay and pensions in March after a landmark supreme court ruling. The union recognition agreement, like the pay deal, does not apply to delivery riders for the Uber Eats food servi...

Uber (NYSE: UBER) is reportedly set to recognize the rights of drivers to unionize in the U.K., according to a report, in a similar arrangement to its deal ...

Uber is reportedly close to a deal with GMB, a U.K.-based labor union, to provide representation for rideshare drivers as it works to comply with a recent U.K. Supreme Court decision saying drivers were entitled to minimum wage.

Trade union GMB can negotiate for drivers after it was recognised by the ride-hailing giant.

Uber Set to Recognize U.K. Union While Keeping Worker Model May 26 2021, 11:00 PM May 26 2021, 3:59 PM May 26 2021, 11:00 PM (Bloomberg) -- Uber Technologies Inc. plans to formally recognize a trade union in the U.K. that will give drivers increased powers to collectively bargain while also preserving the company’s worker model. (Bloomberg) -- Uber Technologies Inc. plans to formally recognize a trade union in the U.K. that will give drivers increased powers to collectively bargain while a...

Union GMB will now represent Uber drivers after striking a deal with the ride-hailing firm, it was announced this evening.

LONDON (AP) — Uber said Wednesday it’s formally recognizing a major British trade union so it can represent drivers, a breakthrough for labor campaigners seeking fairer working conditions from the ride-hailing giant. The San Francisco-based company said it signed a collective bargaining agreement with the GMB trade union, one of the U.K.’s biggest. Under the […]

Unfortunately, Uber Eats couriers aren’t included

GMB union will represent Uber’s 70,000 drivers across UK

The Workers Who Sued Uber and Won The UK Supreme Court has ruled in favor of Uber drivers, declaring them workers and not independent contractors. But to beat the platform capitalists, it is urgent that we start to treat digital rights as worker rights. Yaseen Aslam and James Farrar outside the Employment Appeals Tribunal on September 27, 2017, in London (Carl Court/Getty Images) In February, the UK Supreme Court ruled unanimously in Uber BV v. Aslam that ...