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‘It’s their word against the rider’s – and the companies always side with the riders’
JANE WRIGHT talks to App Drivers and Couriers Union members and activists about their experience of biased apps, sexist customers and lack of toilet facilities while driving the streets of Britain’s cities
Cristina-Georgiana Ioanitescu, professional chauffeur and president of the App Drivers and Couriers Union
From Global Counsel to Arden, SOLOMON HUGHES finds firms linked to discredited politicians are still calling the shots in Britain
KEVIN COURTNEY explains why Reform UK is no friend to workers or trade unions, but just another party of the super-rich
EMMA DENT COAD explains why she is stepping down from the council after 20 years and how the legacy of the fire still haunts the area
While international attention focuses on ceasefire frameworks, Israel is openly advancing plans for a permanent expansion of its control over Gaza, writes RAMZY BAROUD
Researchers PAUL HOLDEN and JESSICA MURRAY are calling for whistleblowers and documentary records to uncover how Labour Together helped build the parliamentary majority that now dominates the Labour Party
IF YOU’RE out and about in one of Britain’s cities today, International Women’s Day, and need to hail a cab to get home, be especially nice to your driver if she happens to be female.
She’s almost certainly had a rough day.
It’s fair to say, however, that as chances go, encountering a female driver is one of the slimmest. That’s because most women end up leaving the profession due to safety concerns, because they’re paid less than men, and because the app-based companies they work for are doing nothing to protect them.
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