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On 05 December a UK appeals court affirmed that Deliveroo riders were indeed independent workers and as such could not be collectively represented during salary negotiations. The decision is a result of an appeal by the IWGB independent workers union that contested a similar opinion handed down by the Central Arbitration Committee (c.f. article No. 10452). In November 2017 the CAC rejected a request by the IWGB that was seeking to represent delivery riders working on the meal delivery platform on a collective basis and which was arguing that not allowing collective representation ran counter to article 11 of the European Convention on Human Rights. The fact that these riders can easily be replaced- unlike say workers or employees- was again decisive for the judge who underlined that these riders could quite simply become individual members of a trade union. “Today’s judgment is a terrible one, not just in terms of what it means for low paid Deliveroo riders, but also in terms of understanding the European Convention on Human Rights,” stated a disappointed IWGB general secretary Jason Moyer-Lee. Dan Warne, MD Deliveroo UK declared, “This is a victory for riders who have consistently told us the flexibility to choose when and where they work, which comes with self-employment, is their number one reason for riding with Deliveroo.”
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