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GMB won a “monumental victory” for low-paid workers yesterday when an employment tribunal ruled that Uber had broken the law by ignoring its drivers’ basic rights.
GMB, which represents the drivers, took its case to the Central London Employment Tribunal, which ruled that drivers are entitled to receive a guaranteed minimum wage, holiday pay and breaks.
The company claimed that its drivers are not employees but self-employed contractors, meaning that many drivers’ hourly earnings fall significantly below the minimum wage.
The Bill addresses some exploitation but leaves trade unions heavily regulated, most workers without collective bargaining coverage, and fails to tackle the balance of power that enables constant mutation of bad practice, write KEITH EWING and LORD JOHN HENDY KC