James Farrar

@jamesfarrar.bsky.social

Worker Info Exchange

My colleague Cansu Safak collaborated with the TUC on this important new report. Dynamic Pay is one of the most sinister developments in the labour market in decades and needs to be banned urgently. www.theguardian.com/business/202...

Dynamic pay on platforms such as Uber should be banned, says TUC

Exclusive: Union body finds workers describing themselves as ‘gambling’ because wages felt like the outcome of chance rather than work

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We'd never have taken on & beaten Uber if there had been ET fees. This Labour govt has also: 🧨abandoned worker status for gig workers 🧨 abandoned single enforcement agency 🧨watered down AI protections at work 🧨fast tracked AVs 🧨demonised migrant gig workers www.theguardian.com/money/2025/o...

Labour considering charging workers for employment tribunal claims, sources say

Exclusive: Reintroducing tribunal fees would be ‘a gift for bad bosses’, says TUC chief Paul Nowak

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Uber drivers must demand Uber IMMEDIATELY drop Allianz for sickness insurance. UN report finds Allianz helped "sustain & pay for Israel’s actions in the Palestinian territories”. Uber, cancel Allianz NOW. Stop the Gaza genocide NOW! irishtimes.com/ireland/2025... uber.com/gb/en/drive/...

Priests demand Irish Catholic Church sever ties with Allianz over Israel links

Move follows similar demands among GAA members unhappy over relationship with multinational insurance company

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Clear admission from Uber in today's earning call of what was long suspected but never admitted: Uber is harvesting data from their driver workforce to train autonomous vehicle AI models to replace them.

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Cometh 8pm, cometh the free meals on the corporate account for hungry lawyers working late at Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer in London. The sub minimum wage workers that serve them are forbidden even to enter the building to wait in the lobby for their diners to descend. It is all a bit unseemly.

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The 'innovators' at Wayve, Uber's autonomous vehicle investment, are not just content with automating the actual driving, they also want to replicate and automate the emotional labour of drivers as well!

According to Pershing Square, a major investor in Uber, in the near future human drivers will only fill in gaps at periods of peak demand, most of the work will be done by autonomous vehicle fleets. Having destroyed decent work, Uber now wants to kill off employment altogether.

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The FTC has launched a legal complaint against Uber alleging misrepresentation and unfairly charging consumers without consent. This relates to the Uber One subscription service where consumers were bamboozled with 23 screens & 32 actions when trying to cancel. www.ftc.gov/legal-librar...

Uber, FTC v.

The Federal Trade Commission sued Uber Technologies, Inc. and Uber USA LLC (collectively, “Uber”) for alleged violations of Section 5 of the FTC Act and the Restore Online Shoppers’ Confidence

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“The true measure of any society can be found in how it treats its most vulnerable members.” - Gandhi. Thoughts with the oppressed, their families and loved ones now more vulnerable to cruel abuse. Trans rights are human rights.

Bolt FAILED to pay their drivers in Sweden this week sparking concerns about the company's financial solvency. UK workers are now also v worried. Situ placed migrant workers at risk who must show evidence they are continually working as condition of visa. www.svt.se/nyheter/inri...

Bolt-förare får ingen lön – har stängt av appen

Bolt-förare i Sverige väntade på sin veckolön i tisdags, men utbetalningen har uteblivit. Enligt flera förare och åkerier har det dessutom varit omöjligt att få kontakt med Bolt för att få klarhet i s...

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