Uber Australia Is Creating a Yellow Union to Head Off Reform
Since 2017, fifteen food-delivery riders have lost their lives on Australian roads. And this is only the most tragic outcome of an industry that systematically mistreats workers. As numerous media reports have revealed, gig workers face substandard rights and a myriad of workplace dangers as they struggle to make ends meet on paltry wages.
Over the last year, however, the Anthony Albanese Labor government has pressed ahead with its plans to regulate gig work, putting companies like Uber under pr...
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