The Gig Economy’s Days in Europe Are Numbered

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12.10.16 10:00 AM

A new draft law from the European Commission is chipping away at the controversial industry. What comes next may be very different.

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The battle for app workers' rights felt like a dark tunnel when Yaseen Aslam started campaigning. He claims that academics told him that it was impossible to succeed because his fellow gig workers were too disparate and the majority were people from ethnic minorities. The president of the App Drivers and Couriers Union (ADCU), Aslam, can look across the UK and Europe and see multiple court cases rule in favor of more employment rights for gig workers. He says this has been a big year. We are starting to see the light.

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