Uber London Drivers Network

09 April 2021 | Platform economy record | Uber | On-location platform-determined routine work | Initiative

London Uber drivers formed a collective and online social media presence, the ‘Uber London Drivers Network’, which supported several drivers in their court case against Uber contesting their employment status. The Uber London Drivers Network is part of the larger trade body for private car hire, United Private Hire Drivers (UPHD). UPHD is a not-for-profit company describing itself as a driver-run trade organisation which exists exclusively for private hire drivers.

Metadata

  • Initiative
  • Organising and representing workers
  • United Kingdom
  • Worker
  • Yes
  • transport
  • On-location platform-determined routine work
  • Uber
  • representation, industrial relations, social dialogue
  • English
  • 2021
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