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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Business
Sarah Butler

Blow to gig economy workers after UK supreme court rules against collective bargaining rights

Just Eat and Deliveroo employees deliver food.
The court upheld past judgments that UK riders were independent self-employed contractors. Photograph: Nathan Stirk/Getty Images

Deliveroo riders do not have the right to collective negotiations on pay and conditions, the UK’s top court has ruled, in a blow to gig economy campaigners and the unions that represent them.

The Independent Workers’ Union of Great Britain (IWGB) has been fighting through the courts since 2017 to have Deliveroo riders classified as “workers”, with the right to unionise and bargain collectively for better terms and conditions.

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