Thursday, 3 October , 2024

Uber

UK gig drivers recognised as workers – what next?

by Jill Toh 25th February 2021 In a landmark judgment last Friday, the UK Supreme Court unanimously ruled in favour of ‘gig’ workers in a six-year...

Uber to pay UK drivers minimum wage, holiday pay and pension

Move follows supreme court ruling that drivers are workers but critics say they are still short-changed By Sarah Butler 16 Mar 2021 Uber is to...

Alberto ‘Tito’ Álvarez – The Spanish Taxi Drivers’ War on Uber...

April 26, 2020 In early 2014 taxi drivers in Barcelona rebelled against the unbridled growth of Uber, the online ride service. In six years they...

Uber’s Path of Destruction

By Hubert Horan Summer 2019 Since it began operations in 2010, Uber has grown to the point where it now collects over $45 billion in gross...

California Bill Makes App-Based Companies Treat Workers as Employees

By Kate Conger and Noam Scheiber Sept. 11, 2019 California legislators approved a landmark bill on Tuesday that requires companies like Uber and Lyft to treat...

Thousands Of Scientists Sign Pledge Against Developing Lethal A.I.

By Aaron Kesel July 19, 2018 Thousands of leading scientists have urged their colleagues against helping governments create killer robots, making the movie The Terminator a...

(Counter)Reforms: Turning Europeans into semi-Slaves

Precarious work: Europe’s new reserve army by Harald Schumann and Elisa Simantke Oct. 25, 2017 Millions of Europeans in temporary, part-time or bogus self-employed contracts can only...