UNI affiliate GMB has scored another groundbreaking victory against national logistics company, UK Express, for workers delivering for Amazon. UKXD has agreed to settle claims at 100% rather than risk court hearings and further claims.

GMB brought claims asserting that like Uber, Hermes and other drivers, UK Express drivers are wrongly defined as ‘self-employed’.

GMB argues that the terms of UKXD drivers’ contracts and the way in which they work (solely delivering for Amazon) demonstrate that they should actually be classed as employees on the grounds that:

UNI General Secretary Philip Jennings was invited to address the Internet Governance Forum at the United Nations in Geneva.

The European Court of Justice (ECJ) has ruled that ride-hailing firm Uber is officially a transport company and not a digital service.

21,000 AT&T workers across 36 states have won the first ever guaranteed call centre work. The historic agreement with the Telecommunications giant will include a 10.1 % raise over four years and unprecedented protections, including job security and health and safety provisions.