Some more pics and video from today's @ADCUnion #picket of @uber HQ, including a rousing speech from @jamesfarrar @WorkerInfoX which kept us all fired up just as the cold began to bite! #solidarity #driversunite #unionsunitedagainstuber #dynamicpricing #uberstrike dynamicpay.org

@ADCUnion welcomes Historic ILO Convention on Decent Work in the Platform Economy! Today is a historic day for workers worldwide. The @ilo Committee is voting on the final text agreed by the Standard-Setting Committee on Decent Work in the Platform Economy today. ADCU has been at the table during discussions at the Convention last week, and we are urging all governments, employers and worker representatives to support the adoption of the Convention. Here is our GS, Cristina-Georgiana Ioanitescu, commenting on the significance of today's vote: "This Convention recognises the reality that platform workers are workers and deserve rights, protections and dignity at work. It creates an international framework that can help millions of workers secure fair treatment, safer working conditions and greater control over their working lives." "At a time when new technologies, including artificial intelligence and autonomous vehicles, are rapidly transforming work, these protections have never been more important. We urge delegates at the International Labour Conference to vote in favour of this Convention and send a clear message that technological innovation must go hand in hand with decent work."

Today, @ADCUnion GS, Cristina, is joining delegates from the 187 @ilo member states at the 114th session of the @ilo International Labour Conference in Geneva, in her capacity as Executive Board Member of the International Alliance of App-based Transport Workers @IAATW_Org. The issue of #decentwork in the platform economy is just one of the issues on the agenda. Cristina says: "I'm looking forward to sharing experiences and perspectives with delegates from across the globe on the challenges gig workers face in the platform economy, and learning more about the campaigns and collective action in the different member states that have delivered real gains for workers."

Many of our members have raised concerns about the dreadful conditions at the @manairport private hire vehicle designated waiting area at JetParks 1. Our General Secretary, Cristina-Georgiana Ioanitescu visited the site recently and here are some of the pictures she took. Our members deserve better than a flooded plot, full of potholes, with no facilities. We're pleased to report that the airport executive has agreed to meet with us. We are looking forward to a constructive and productive meeting, and will be pushing for rapid, meaningful improvements for our members Manchester, a clear timeline for a new holding area, and interim welfare arrangements while a permanent solution is being worked out.

I just signed a petition to pause the Waymo self-driving car rollout in London. One of them actually drove straight through a live police cordon in Harlesden recently! Our streets shouldn't be a testing lab without proper safety checks. Add your name if you agree 👇 you.38degrees.org.uk/petitio… via @38degrees

@ADCUnion stands unequivocally with the @gbsumudflotilla #GazaFlotilla @gbsumudflotilla and all those engaged in peaceful, humanitarian efforts to get life‑saving aid to #Gaza. We are deeply alarmed by credible reports that flotilla participants were illegally detained by Israeli forces and subjected to physical and psychological abuse in custody. Detaining and mistreating humanitarian activists violates international law and basic human rights. Our demands are clear: Immediate respect for the rights and safety of all detainees, including due process and access to legal counsel Full, unimpeded passage of humanitarian aid into Gaza, in line with international humanitarian obligations Protection for those acting in solidarity to defend civilian life. ADCU reaffirms its commitment to peace, justice, and humanitarian principles. We stand with all who work to protect civilians and uphold fundamental human rights.

Thanks to everyone in Harlesden last night who braved the heat and came along to the #saynotowaymo protest with @BrentGreens to express their #solidarity with PHV #drivers whose jobs are being threatened by the rollout of @waymo on the capital's streets. And #waymo is only the start. Yesterday, @transportgovuk @biztradegovuk officially invited bids to operate pilot schemes not just for self-driving taxis, but buses too. According to @TfL around 80,000 people work on London's public transport network alone. 80,000 jobs at risk from untested #automation, without any public consultation on #safety, #transparency, or job losses. #justtransition #ClimateEmergency

I just signed a petition to pause the Waymo self-driving car rollout in London. One of them actually drove straight through a live police cordon in Harlesden recently! Our streets shouldn't be a testing lab without proper safety checks. Add your name if you agree 👇 you.38degrees.org.uk/petitio… via @38degrees Have you signed the petition yet? #saynotowaymo

ft.com/content/e84a958f-0a3b… There's still time to join our protest against the rollout of @Waymo in the capital - from 5pm today in Harlesden with @BrentGreens It's been covered in today's @FinancialTimes, with @TfL also expressing concerns about the safety of #robotaxis. #saynotowaymo now.

Come along at 5pm on Friday and join @ADCUnion and @BarnetGreens the the local #community in Harlesden, at the Day of Action Against Driverless Cars, to demand a halt to the @Waymo rollout in #london until we have a full public consultation, and a #justtransition plan for #workers #drivers.

Calling all @ADCUnion members - please add your name to this petition to pause the Waymo self-driving car rollout in London. One of them actually drove straight through a live police cordon in Harlesden recently! Our streets shouldn't be a testing lab without proper safety checks. Add your name if you agree 👇 you.38degrees.org.uk/petitio… via @38degrees

Calling all members - seen that video of a @Waymo crashing into a police cordon in Harlesden? These cars aren't just causing accidents, they're taking our jobs, causing #congestion, #pollution and endangering public #safety. Come and join @ADCUnion, @BrentGreens and the Pull the Plug on Waymo campaign for a Day of Action against Driverless Cars in Harlesden, this Friday, from 5pm. Demand a consultation, and a #justtransition plan for #drivers. Harlesden High Street, Jubilee Clock (opposite All Souls Church). Find out more about the #saynotowaymo campaign at brent.greenparty.org.uk/camp…

youtu.be/_EuTx5_pAoY?si=WlWH… How disgusting is this? @Uber is flaunting its lavish, multibillion Euro HQ in Amsterdam, where there's free food all day for staff and workers feel "my opinion matters." Peak shamelessness, says @ADCUnion, when our members are barely making minimum wage. Join ADCU today, the authentic voice for app drivers and couriers across the UK, supporting and representing workers in the platform economy. And start fighting back. adcu.org.uk/join

As Trump is forced to face reality by Iran - good time to revisit the opening scene of The Newsroom. America simply isn’t the greatest country on the planet - any doubts to that have been laid to rest over the last two weeks.

taxi-point.co.uk/post/on-the… @Taxi_Point: @ADCUnion strongly opposes @TfL proposals to hike PHV licence fees, which come at a time when drivers are already struggling to make ends meet amid its chronic delays and administrative failures. We warned TfL well in advance that the system was buckling under pressure and that a renewal crisis was imminent. TfL did nothing, and now it's drivers who are being asked to pay the price for those failures. TfL is once again choosing to shift the burden of its £7 million deficit onto the backs of hardworking drivers. The same workers who kept the capital moving through the pandemic, who absorb rising fuel prices, vehicle costs, and platform commission rates — all while seeing their real earnings steadily decline year after year. TfL must take responsibility for its mismanagement and inefficiency rather than balancing its books at the expense of the very people who keep the city’s transport network functioning. We demand an immediate halt to any proposed licence fee increases and a fair consultation with driver representatives to develop sustainable, equitable solutions that do not punish workers.

ADCU response to the Mayor of London’s announcement of a PHV Taskforce @ADCUnion welcomes any recognition by @MayorofLondon that PHV are facing serious challenges, but a PHV #taskforce that tinkers at the edges will not address the real crisis in the industry. Yes, drivers need access to toilets, but above all, we need the Mayor’s active support to end their exploitation by the big app companies that dominate London’s private hire market and tackle overlicensing. If this taskforce is to be taken seriously, it must confront the systemic problems at the heart of the platform app model — including algorithmic pay, lack of #workervoice, and the unchecked power of multinational tech firms — rather than focusing on cosmetic fixes. Without meaningful action on pay, licensing numbers and enforcement, a taskforce risks becoming a talking shop while drivers continue to struggle to make a living. London’s PHV drivers don’t need another review that delays action. They need the Mayor and TfL to use their powers to restore fairness, sustainability and dignity to an industry that has been pushed to breaking point.

taxi-point.co.uk/post/tfl-se… @ADCUnion #ADCU welcomes any changes that strengthen accountability and effectiveness in @TfL's taxi and PHV licensing, but structure alone won’t fix a system that urgently needs overhaul. Our members are essential to London’s joined-up transport network, and licensing must properly reflect their role, protect standards, and work for drivers and passengers alike. We look forward to seeing whether these changes deliver real reform, not just a reshuffle.

Worth remembering that Uber paid Mandleson big money to do dirty business for them in Russia. theguardian.com/news/2022/ju…

It is a HSE legal requirement that restaurants MUST provide access to toilets for delivery workers. @wagamama_uk Camden force couriers to use a "Deliver-loo" separate from customers. Can you guess which one is which? Much easier to exploit a humiliated & marginalised workforce!