Union wins right to challenge Deliveroo on human rights grounds
https://techcrunch.com/2018/06/15/union-wins-right-to-challenge-deliveroo-on-human-rights-grounds/
The UK High Court has granted a union permission to challenge Deliveroo’s opposition to collective bargaining for its couriers on human rights grounds.
The IWGB union argues that couriers for the restaurant food delivery company should be classed as workers — who would then have basic employment rights such as the minimum wage, holiday pay and collective bargaining rights. Rights that gig economy business models are typically structured to avoid being saddled with.