Drivers in the US and UK have very different strategies for pressuring Uber

Last week, Uber recognized a union of its own drivers in the UK.

Up to 70,000 drivers in the UK will now have access to collective bargaining rights. Drivers will not be automatically enrolled in the union, and Uber will not engage in collective bargaining over earnings, reported the Financial Times, but the union will negotiate for holiday pay, pensions and a minimum wage. Uber’s food delivery workers are also not included in this ruling, which follows a UK Supreme Court decision that Uber drivers are workers, not independent contractors.

The recent move will give more strength to the global movement to organize so-called gig workers, as companies like Uber and Deliveroo face growing pressure from regulators. Uber has struck collective bargaining rights for food delivery couriers in Italy and Uber Eats couriers in Japan formed a union in 2019. Last year, Foodora workers in Ontario won the rights to unionize. Workers tend to mobilize in areas where legislation is more progressive or where there’s already high union density.

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