Uber strikes deal with GMB union over driver representation : CityAM
Union GMB will now represent Uber drivers after striking a deal with the ride-hailing firm, it was announced this evening.
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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 […]
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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 Uber drivers should be classified not as independent contractors but as workers entitled to basic em...