Court to rule on drivers’ status

The long-running argument over the status of drivers at ride-hailing firm Uber will go before the Court of Appeal tomorrow.

Uber drivers will be joined by hundreds of workers from other gig-economy companies in a march through London ahead of the case.

The Independent Workers Union of Great Britain (IWGB) said it is expected to be the biggest “precarious workers” march ever held in the UK.

Couriers, riders, outsourced cleaners, restaurant workers and others will be involved while a rally will also be held in Glasgow.

Protesters will

“Unity among precarious workers has never been stronger”

march to the Royal Courts of Justice, then go to the University of London, where outsourced workers including cleaners and and security officers will be on strike to end outsourcing.

They will then pass NHS contractor The Doctors Laboratory, where medical couriers say their pay has been cut.

Uber case coclaimant and IWGB United private hire drivers branch chairman James Farrar said: “What is clear is that unity among precarious workers has never been stronger

“Together we will defeat the dishonest bosses that are trying to do away with our most basic employment rights.”

The GMB, which is also involved in the case, said Uber drivers are estimated to be an average of £18,000 out of pocket two years after the controversial company lost an employment tribunal case over the employment status of its drivers.