The Independent Workers Union of Great Britain (IWGB) has lost its case at the #SupremeCourt (the last of 5yrs of appeals) meaning that #Deliveroo can continue to regard its #workers as self-employed, robbing them of employment protections & rights.
Just to be clear, if your #gigeconomy business model requires workers to have few rights & protections, you are not a tech innovator, you are an old-style labour exploiter!
This is not the 'new economy' it the Victorian economy!
Emeritus Prof Christopher May /
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