"We're now at a hat trick of judgments against Uber, they keep appealing and keep losing," said Tim Roache, the general-secretary of the GMB union. "Uber should just accept the verdict and stop trying to find loopholes that deprive people of their hard-won rights and hard-earned pay." It added that were drivers to be classified as workers, then it would be inevitable that they would lose freedom and flexibility. Though the suit was brought by two employees, the case has implications for the 50,000 drivers who use the platform. That has drawn protests from taxi drivers who say Uber and similar services are able to undercut them.

Source: ABC News December 19, 2018 16:01 UTC