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...