Demanding transparency and accountability from platforms on algorithmic practices and worker rights violations www.workerinfoexchange.orghttps://bsky.app/profile/workerinfox.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/workerinfox.bsky.social/post/3m5y67yqows2cBREAKING - WIE NL has begun legal action against Uber for collective redress over the unlawful use of algorithmic pay setting systems which badly damaged driver incomes. https://workerinfoexchange.nl/press-release-stichting-wie-international-launches-dynamic-pay-claim/19 Nov 2025 11:40 +0000at://did:plc:luqoo4muwm46eaeovdsptoxa/app.bsky.feed.post/3m5y67yqows2chttps://bsky.app/profile/workerinfox.bsky.social/post/3m2jqg4c2ck2tNew blog: Surveillance on Wheels: Why the Government's Fast-Track to Autonomous Vehicles Threatens Our Privacy, Democracy and Workers’ Rights: https://www.workerinfoexchange.org/post/surveillance-on-wheels-why-the-government-s-fast-track-to-autonomous-vehicles-threatens-our-privacy06 Oct 2025 13:40 +0000at://did:plc:luqoo4muwm46eaeovdsptoxa/app.bsky.feed.post/3m2jqg4c2ck2thttps://bsky.app/profile/workerinfox.bsky.social/post/3lvql32yhgc2hClear admission from Uber in today's earning call of what was long suspected but never admitted: Uber is harvesting data from their driver workforce to train autonomous vehicle AI models to replace them.06 Aug 2025 15:47 +0000at://did:plc:luqoo4muwm46eaeovdsptoxa/app.bsky.feed.post/3lvql32yhgc2hhttps://bsky.app/profile/workerinfox.bsky.social/post/3lvqczzbdrk2hUber's $20bn share buy back is a MASSIVE transfer of their wage theft from exploited workers to greedy investors. It equates to $2,400 for every rider & driver on the platform or just under the total value of fares collected from passengers in Q2 '25. https://www.ft.com/content/66434380-8a79-41e0-9f3e-8485d924134506 Aug 2025 13:23 +0000at://did:plc:luqoo4muwm46eaeovdsptoxa/app.bsky.feed.post/3lvqczzbdrk2hhttps://bsky.app/profile/workerinfox.bsky.social/post/3lrwxymh5t227New - Oxford University research in partnership with @Workerinfox exposes deepening exploitation of Uber drivers by algorithmic pay https://www.workerinfoexchange.org/post/new-research-exposes-deepening-exploitation-of-uber-drivers-by-algorithmic-pay19 Jun 2025 07:13 +0000at://did:plc:luqoo4muwm46eaeovdsptoxa/app.bsky.feed.post/3lrwxymh5t227https://bsky.app/profile/workerinfox.bsky.social/post/3lrjcksksp22uSupport Migrant Gig Workers Under Attack in Northern Ireland https://www.gofundme.com/f/help-us-support-migrant-delivery-couriers-under-attack-in-no13 Jun 2025 20:45 +0000at://did:plc:luqoo4muwm46eaeovdsptoxa/app.bsky.feed.post/3lrjcksksp22uhttps://bsky.app/profile/workerinfox.bsky.social/post/3lqndlspuu22xInstead of consulting their workforce about changes in work practices and product, Uber senior managers are consulting ChatGPT instead! 🤦‍♂️ "Kansal gave a recent example.... He asked ChatGPT's deep research mode about what drivers may think of the add-on." https://www.businessinsider.com/how-uber-product-chief-uses-ai-work-chatgpt-gemini-notebooklm-2025-602 Jun 2025 17:49 +0000at://did:plc:luqoo4muwm46eaeovdsptoxa/app.bsky.feed.post/3lqndlspuu22xhttps://bsky.app/profile/workerinfox.bsky.social/post/3lpmcfh3yz22kSolidarity with Grab and Gojek workers taking action in Indonesia today. https://www.reuters.com/business/world-at-work/ride-hailing-drivers-indonesia-hold-protests-demand-better-pay-2025-05-20/20 May 2025 14:30 +0000at://did:plc:luqoo4muwm46eaeovdsptoxa/app.bsky.feed.post/3lpmcfh3yz22khttps://bsky.app/profile/workerinfox.bsky.social/post/3lnup4qroxc24Door Dash are bidding to take over Deliveroo. But back in California, Uber is suing them for unfair competition. If even Uber finds Door Dash to be unethical and engaging in unfair competition, what will they do to Europe's many fine independent restaurants? https://about.doordash.com/en-us/news/ubers-cynical-lawsuit-should-be-dismissed28 Apr 2025 11:49 +0000at://did:plc:luqoo4muwm46eaeovdsptoxa/app.bsky.feed.post/3lnup4qroxc24https://bsky.app/profile/workerinfox.bsky.social/post/3lno2cdagmk2yDoor Dash offers £2.7bn for Deliveroo. Compare that to the £7.6bn IPO valuation in 2021. Just Eat, FreeNow and Gett all sold recently at huge losses in value. Bolt next? https://www.theguardian.com/business/2025/apr/26/doordash-buy-deliveroo25 Apr 2025 20:20 +0000at://did:plc:luqoo4muwm46eaeovdsptoxa/app.bsky.feed.post/3lno2cdagmk2yhttps://bsky.app/profile/workerinfox.bsky.social/post/3lnfytc7ebc2sThe 'innovators' at Wayve, Uber's autonomous vehicle investment, are not just content with automating the actual driving, they also want to replicate and automate the emotional labour of drivers as well!22 Apr 2025 15:32 +0000at://did:plc:luqoo4muwm46eaeovdsptoxa/app.bsky.feed.post/3lnfytc7ebc2shttps://bsky.app/profile/workerinfox.bsky.social/post/3lnfgo4uelc2hAccording to Pershing Square, a major investor in Uber, in the near future human drivers will only fill in gaps at periods of peak demand, most of the work will be done by autonomous vehicle fleets. Having destroyed decent work, Uber now wants to kill off employment altogether.22 Apr 2025 10:07 +0000at://did:plc:luqoo4muwm46eaeovdsptoxa/app.bsky.feed.post/3lnfgo4uelc2hhttps://bsky.app/profile/workerinfox.bsky.social/post/3lndwtvzcrk2vThe FTC has launched a legal complaint against Uber alleging misrepresentation and unfairly charging consumers without consent. This relates to the Uber One subscription service where consumers were bamboozled with 23 screens & 32 actions when trying to cancel. https://www.ftc.gov/legal-library/browse/cases-proceedings/2423092-uber-ftc-v21 Apr 2025 19:52 +0000at://did:plc:luqoo4muwm46eaeovdsptoxa/app.bsky.feed.post/3lndwtvzcrk2vhttps://bsky.app/profile/workerinfox.bsky.social/post/3ln3sbcswn22g“The true measure of any society can be found in how it treats its most vulnerable members.” - Gandhi. Trans rights are human rights.18 Apr 2025 14:08 +0000at://did:plc:luqoo4muwm46eaeovdsptoxa/app.bsky.feed.post/3ln3sbcswn22ghttps://bsky.app/profile/workerinfox.bsky.social/post/3llyhs4tuxk2sGreat to see this recognition of WIE in European Commission report out today: “Both the Uber & Ola cases are prime examples of successful strategic litigation that has led to the mobilisation of GDPR data subject rights vis-à-vis digital labour platforms.” https://op.europa.eu/en/publication-detail/-/publication/5afb4511-0ddf-11f0-b1a3-01aa75ed71a1/language-en04 Apr 2025 12:58 +0000at://did:plc:luqoo4muwm46eaeovdsptoxa/app.bsky.feed.post/3llyhs4tuxk2shttps://bsky.app/profile/workerinfox.bsky.social/post/3lloixgxmzc2uWIE response to UK government's so-called 'crackdown on illegal working in gig economy' https://www.workerinfoexchange.org/post/wie-response-to-uk-government-s-so-called-crackdown-on-illegal-working-in-gig-economy31 Mar 2025 13:52 +0000at://did:plc:luqoo4muwm46eaeovdsptoxa/app.bsky.feed.post/3lloixgxmzc2uhttps://bsky.app/profile/workerinfox.bsky.social/post/3llesq6hcms24Government must act on new demand from @mayoroflondon.bsky.social for powers to compel Uber to provide London journey data for public use https://www.workerinfoexchange.org/post/government-must-act-on-mayor-of-london-s-new-demand-for-powers-to-compel-uber-to-provide-journey-dat27 Mar 2025 17:20 +0000at://did:plc:luqoo4muwm46eaeovdsptoxa/app.bsky.feed.post/3llesq6hcms24https://bsky.app/profile/workerinfox.bsky.social/post/3lknzj5n2j22nUber Eats' St Patrick's Day promotion shows both the limitations of generative AI as well as its prejudicial stereotyping. Suggestions for 'ingredients for an Irish supper' is restricted to 9 types of potatoes, 2 types of mince meat, corned beef, cabbage, 4 types of butter, kale and er, that's it.18 Mar 2025 15:50 +0000at://did:plc:luqoo4muwm46eaeovdsptoxa/app.bsky.feed.post/3lknzj5n2j22nhttps://bsky.app/profile/workerinfox.bsky.social/post/3lkb3igugac2rRecent mass firings by Deliveroo and Uber Eats are nothing more than theatre to launder their image while they treat workers as disposable and collude with government in racist assumptions. https://www.workerinfoexchange.org/post/ceos-and-government-play-political-theatre-with-workers-livelihoods13 Mar 2025 12:21 +0000at://did:plc:luqoo4muwm46eaeovdsptoxa/app.bsky.feed.post/3lkb3igugac2rhttps://bsky.app/profile/workerinfox.bsky.social/post/3lihesto65s2aUber's strategy for autonomous vehicle proliferation risks leaving our city streets looking like an Amazon warehouse. https://www.workerinfoexchange.org/post/uber-s-autonomous-dream-4-million-self-driving-vehicles-on-london-streets18 Feb 2025 13:34 +0000at://did:plc:luqoo4muwm46eaeovdsptoxa/app.bsky.feed.post/3lihesto65s2ahttps://bsky.app/profile/workerinfox.bsky.social/post/3lgswe43y3s2dWe wish we had better news on #DataProtectionDay Here's just a few of the worst gig economy data fails we've come across in the last year🧵28 Jan 2025 16:56 +0000at://did:plc:luqoo4muwm46eaeovdsptoxa/app.bsky.feed.post/3lgswe43y3s2dhttps://bsky.app/profile/workerinfox.bsky.social/post/3lganhtblc227Together, we and 11 other organisations are asking @Deliveroo, @Uber, and @JustEatTakeaway to take steps to significantly improve their transparency around the algorithms they use to manage their workforce. #TimeToDeliverAnswers https://privacyinternational.org/advocacy/5509/time-deliver-answers-open-letter-just-eat-takeaway-uber-and-deliveroo21 Jan 2025 10:29 +0000at://did:plc:luqoo4muwm46eaeovdsptoxa/app.bsky.feed.post/3lganhtblc227https://bsky.app/profile/workerinfox.bsky.social/post/3lfkwp2esgs2nPoor platform security and dire worker safety practices exposes Bolt drivers to unimaginable horrors in Nigeria. https://saharareporters.com/2025/01/12/bolt-driver-accuses-nigerian-police-illegal-detention-torture-car-seizure-giving-ride12 Jan 2025 19:16 +0000at://did:plc:luqoo4muwm46eaeovdsptoxa/app.bsky.feed.post/3lfkwp2esgs2nhttps://bsky.app/profile/workerinfox.bsky.social/post/3lbhchpceec2uCan @plymouthcc.bsky.social really regulate Uber? https://www.workerinfoexchange.org/post/can-plymouth-city-council-really-regulate-uber21 Nov 2024 10:55 +0000at://did:plc:luqoo4muwm46eaeovdsptoxa/app.bsky.feed.post/3lbhchpceec2uhttps://bsky.app/profile/workerinfox.bsky.social/post/3lbalr6fgn22uExcluded Deliveroo drivers trained to be more inclusive.......say, what? https://www.iloveqatar.net/news/general/deliveroo-mind-institute-riders-inclusivity-training18 Nov 2024 18:53 +0000at://did:plc:luqoo4muwm46eaeovdsptoxa/app.bsky.feed.post/3lbalr6fgn22uhttps://bsky.app/profile/workerinfox.bsky.social/post/3laumfb4bpk25Gig economy maths: 🤡Just Eat buys Grubhub for $7.3 billion in 2020 🤡 Just Eat sells Grubhub for $0.65 billion in 2024 https://www.theguardian.com/business/2024/nov/13/just-eat-takeaway-to-sell-us-arm-grubhub-in-cut-price-deal14 Nov 2024 00:32 +0000at://did:plc:luqoo4muwm46eaeovdsptoxa/app.bsky.feed.post/3laumfb4bpk25