🛵 The Weekly Drop · Issue 004 · 24 Apr 2026
The Gig Worker
Goes to Court.
Uber said their drivers were self-employed. The UK Supreme Court said: no they’re not. Now 28 million gig workers across Europe want the same answer.
⚖️ The fight that changed employment law
🟢 With worker rights (National Min. Wage)
£11.44/hr
🔴 What app paid before the ruling
~£3–4/hr
Same job. Same hours. Very different pay. That’s what the case was about.
🛵 UBER V ASLAM — 5–0 SUPREME COURT·
28 MILLION GIG WORKERS IN EU·
DELIVEROO RIDER WINS £12,000 BACK PAY·
BOLT FACES CLASS ACTION: 40,000 DRIVERS·
APP FIRMS QUIETLY REWRITING CONTRACTS·
🛵 UBER V ASLAM — 5–0 SUPREME COURT·
28 MILLION GIG WORKERS IN EU·
DELIVEROO RIDER WINS £12,000 BACK PAY·
BOLT FACES CLASS ACTION: 40,000 DRIVERS·
APP FIRMS QUIETLY REWRITING CONTRACTS·
5–0Supreme Court
28MEU gig workers
£12kBack pay won
“If you control how someone works, you can’t also pretend they’re running their own business.”
— Lord Leggatt, UK Supreme Court, Uber v Aslam, 2021