Date Time Uber UK case: urgent need to regulate in Australia The Transport Workers’ Union is urging the Federal Government to regulate the gig economy, as Uber announced it was introducing piecemeal rights for workers following a UK Supreme Court judgment last month. Michael Kaine TWU National Secretary said Uber should not get to decide how few rights workers should get. “This is a significant win for gig economy workers: Uber has been forced to recognise workers’ rights and the TWU sends congratulations to the UK workers who stood strong over many years to get Uber to this point. “Uber only took this step because it realised it had no choice and now what they are doing is offering scraps of rights in a piecemeal way.