The a d c u, or national eglectv, which consists of drivers or leaders from different cities, came together and wated toca a national strike. And some of our demand, like, we had three main demands. One was for ube to increase the milage rate to two pounds a mile. So basely, nationally, what we were fighting for is two pounds amile,. The commission, which at tha moment is 25 %, to come down to 15% so it was about fighting for better pay there. We're seeing a lot of these robo firing that we call unfair dismissals. Drivers are just getting kicked off the platform based on younow technology.
Paris Marx is joined by Yaseen Aslam to discuss the UK Supreme Court ruling that Uber drivers are not self-employed, the long fight to reach that point, and the next steps in the push for gig workers’ rights in the UK.
Yaseen Aslam is the president of the App Drivers and Couriers Union and a lead claimant in the Aslam v Uber case. Follow Yaseen on Twitter at @Yaseenaslam381 and the ADCU at @ADCUnion.
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