Employment lawyer on Uber offering drivers union representation
Uber Technologies Inc. announced that they are providing their drivers with private-sector union representation. This is the latest update Uber has taken seemingly to offer more rights and benefits to its couriers.
An Ottawa employment lawyer at Samfiru Tumarkin LLP, who represents David Heller in a class-action lawsuit against Uber, says this agreement will not offer much for drivers.
“On paper, it looks like it may be giving some very limited additional rights or benefits to the drivers, but practically speaking, it doesn’t give them very much,” the lawyer says in speaking with the Canadian Press.
The lawyer goes on to explain there are possible conflicts of interest. “If I was a driver for Uber… I’d be a bit worried about where their interests may lie,” says the lawyer.
United Food and Commercial Workers Canada previously outlined several issues it had with Uber on its website which has since been removed. “This may be Uber’s way of trying to quell the concerns of the union,” the lawyer states.
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Lior Samfiru
Lior Samfiru is a Founding Partner of Samfiru Tumarkin LLP and Practice Leader for the firm's Labour & Employment Law Group. His experience in countless successful cases and mediations on behalf of employees and employers, as well as his continued advocacy for the rights of workers, makes him one of the most skilled and sought-after labour and employment lawyers in Canada.
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