Uber delivery workers

Gig economy worker on bicycle. Photo: Kaysgeog/Flickr.

A federal committee听looking into insecure work听has received submissions from a range of workers' organisations as well as the big gig corporations. Jim McIlroy and Markela Panegyres 谤别辫辞谤迟.听

The rapid growth of the gig economy has swelled the coffers of the international tech giants. Isaac Nellist reports on the growing push to end the exploitative business model which allows individuals to receive little pay while braving dangerous work conditions.

The Transport Workers Union is calling on the听federal government to regulate the gig economy, after a British court ruling听that Uber drivers should be considered听workers听not contractors, reports Jim McIlroy.

Uber Eats delivery riders and drivers protested the millions of dollars in unpaid wages and other entitlements from Uber and other multinational food delivery companies.