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Senior judges rejected their claims of bias.
There is currently no nationwide safety checks for taxi drivers.
Unions welcomed the ruling as an “early Christmas present“.
Unions and "precarious workers" joined together to support Uber drivers in a protest in London. Uber is appealing a tribunal finding that their drivers should be considered workers rather than self-employed contractors. If they lose the appeal it could mean a big change for how gig-economy companies like Uber and Deliveroo have to treat the people who work via their apps.
While we are still a minority among British workers, I can see we are the beginning of a new movement of precarious workers that holds the key to a better future
Hundreds of couriers, riders, outsourced cleaners, restaurant workers will take part.
Drivers are staging a 24-hour strike over pay and conditions.
However on Tuesday afternoon, users in all three cities could still book cars with ease.
High operating costs and ridiculously low fares mean I have to work 30 hours a week just to break even