EU Sources - European court’s advocate general: Uber is a transport company - May 31, 2017

In his opinion on a case brought by the association of taxi drivers from Barcelona, the advocate general at the Court of Justice of the European Union considers that Uber is a transport firm, which requires a licence to operate. The decision is a set-back for the company that always argues it only provides technology to help drivers find passengers. If this opinion is endorsed by the Court when ruling in this case, it might mean Uber has to operate in the EU under the same conditions and safety rules as established taxi firms.

English: http://www.bbc.com/news/technology ...  

http://elpais.com/elpais/2017/05/11/inenglish …  

Details: https://curia.europa.eu/jcms/upload/docs ...  

For more information, please contact the editor Jan Cremers, Amsterdam Institute for Advanced Labour Studies (AIAS) cbn-aias@uva.nl or the communications officer at the ETUI, Willy De Backer wdebacker@etui.org. For previous issues of the Collective bargaining newsletter please visit http://www.etui.org/E-Newsletters/Collective-bargaining-newsletter. Since June 2013 readers can consult our archive and search through all articles in our database at www.cbnarchive.euYou may find further information on the ETUI at www.etui.org, and on the AIAS at www.uva-aias.net.

© ETUI aisbl, Brussels 2016. All rights reserved. We encourage the distribution of this newsletter and of the information it contains, for non-commercial purposes and provided the source is credited. The ETUI is not responsible for the content of external internet sites. The ETUI is financially supported by the European Union. The European Union is not responsible for any use made of the information contained in this publication.
This email is sent from www.etui.org.

Check Out WageIndicator's Newsletters on Gig Work

News Archive

Loading...