Make ride-share fair
Survey of over 1,100 ride-share drivers reveals low pay & violence
- Riders served a Charter of Rights on Uber and Deliveroo demanding minimum rates and the right to bargain for better pay and safety.
- TWU took legal action against Uber in the Fair Work Commission after a food delivery driver was sacked for being just 10 minutes late.
- Foodora has been forced to pay back millions in underpaid wages and superannuation to its delivery riders
- The TWU and former Foodora rider Josh Klooger won an unfair dismissal case after he was sacked for speaking out about riders’ rights
- Airbnb signed a charter with the TWU that commits them to only promoting package and food delivery companies that give their workers safe rates of pay and conditions
- The Federal Labor Party has backed a system of Safe Rates for all transport workers – including those in the gig economy
- The State Government in Victoria has conducted an enquiry into the gig economy and the need for regulation, see video below
- NSW Labor has announced Daniel Mookhey MLC as the first Shadow Minister for the Gig Economy. Listen to Daniel’s interview on ABC breakfast radio:
A recent survey into work in the gig economy, the largest of its kind, reveals transport workers are struggling more than others.