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This is horrendous!
It's midnight. London E1, Alie Street, and a @Deliveroo rider is down. 1/ Mohamed was making a delivery at the front door of the swish Meranti House when he collapsed at about 1030pm. He never made it inside the concierge controlled lobby. 2/

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The concept of a 'gig' economy is a deceit. Flexibility or rights is a false dichotomy. But platform bosses have never hesitated to lie or smear. After our first win against Uber @Sam_Dumitriu libelled me for Uber & @ASI in the press saying I manufactured my evidence 1/ @Sam_Dumitriu @ASI Said @Sam_Dumitriu: "In one case, a driver made it look like he was earning just £5 an hour by rejecting almost 85 per cent of jobs offered." All lies. Uber would testify w the same lie to the BEIS parliamentary committee future world of work enquiry 2/
cityam.com/giving-uber-dr…

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This is ruling will be as important as the Supreme Court. If we win, the misclassification contract model will be outlawed. Platforms will be obliged to contract directly with passengers & not have their workers do so w platforms pretending only to be a booking agents 1/

https://twitter.com/ADCUnion/status/1466816115791867908

If we lose, Uber et al will have carte blanche to contain, box in and salami slice away the SC gains for workers by 'innovating the app' to claim a new working reality different from the facts of the original case. That is already happening w working time definitions. 2/