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Largest wildcat strike of Uber and Bolt drivers ever in Poland
A wildcat strike of Uber and Bolt ride hail drivers was described by the organiser, a content creator and driver, as the largest ever in Poland. Serhii Mykhailiuk, a Ukrainian migrant who is the creator of the popular TikTok channel ‘Beer Not Allowed’, claimed that about 10,000 drivers took action across the country in May […]
Dutch Court of Appeal says Uber driver employment status must be decided case-by-case
The Dutch Court of Appeal has ruled that the employment status of Uber drivers cannot be determined on a collective basis. Instead, thousands of drivers must have their case assessed individually, court case by court case. The ruling is a setback for the FNV union, which won a case at a lower court in 2021 […]
Dublin taxi drivers block roads against Uber’s pricing change
Taxi drivers blocked roads and went on a ‘go slow’ in the centre of Dublin on the evening of 3 December 2025, in just the latest protest against Uber’s introduction of an ‘upfront’ fares policy. In Ireland, fare prices in the taxi sector are supposed to be regulated by the National Transport Authority (NTA), which […]
Uber re-launches in Denmark and accepts collective agreement
Uber re-entered the Danish ride hail market in May 2025, claiming to be operating fully under Danish taxi regulations this time. Uber had first launched in Denmark in 2014 but following the introduction of a new taxi law in 2017, the company left the Danish market after drivers had been convicted of illegal driving and […]
Uber fails to rebut driver’s legal presumption of employment
The Brussels Labour Court found in June 2025 that an Uber ride hail driver is an employee, overturning the decision of a lower court which had found in favour of Uber in December 2022. Belgium established a new legal presumption of employment in the platform economy in 2023, but this case was first brought forward […]
Court of Brussels rules that Uber driver is self-employed
In December 2022, the Brussels labour court ruled in favour of Uber in a case filed by an Uber driver against the digital labour platform on the classification of the worker as employee. The ruling stated that “Uber had no hierarchical control over the driver, that he was free to organize his own work”.
Uber recognises collective dismissal and pays severance to more than 4000 workers
On 13 December 2022, Uber agreed to settle with the Spanish Unions CCOO and UGT and to recognise the collective dismissal of 4.404 workers for its food delivery division, Portier Eats. Uber dismissed these workers in August 2021, after the entry into force of the Spanish “ley riders” (riders’ law). Considering this as a mass […]
SRDP – Union of Digital Platform Workers
The Digital Platform Workers Trade Union (SRDP in Croatian) was set up in September 2021 with SSSH’s help. The SRDP provides support to workers in platforms by organising training events, encouraging the exchange of best practices and fostering a political discussion on the wider aspects of work in platform companies. In Autumn 2021, the SRDP […]
France : The social chamber of the Cour de cassation requalifies the partnership contract of an Uber driver as an employment contract
This decision is the second that the social chamber of the Court of Cassation has issued on the subject of platform workers, after the decision in the Take Eat Easy case (Soc., 28 November 2018, pourvoi n° 17-20.079). It rejects an appeal against a decision admitting a request for requalification. The judgment was strongly reasoned, […]