The highest court ruled that, unlike Uber drivers, Deliveroo food delivery staff do not have the right to be represented by a trade union in order to organise pay negotiations. The Supreme Court ruled that Deliveroo's riders cannot be represented by a trade union for the purposes of collective bargaining. The Independent Workers’ Union of Great Britain (IWGB) had tried to represent a group of Deliveroo riders in order to negotiate pay and conditions with the company.The union was first refused permission in 2017 on the basis that riders were not "workers" under UK labour law and it has since mounted a number of appeals.
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