Drivers in London, Birmingham, Nottingham, and Glasgow plan to observe a nine-hour boycott of the Uber app on Wednesday from 7 am to 4 pm and are calling on the public to do the same.
"Uber's business model is unsustainable in its dependence upon large scale worker exploitation, tax avoidance and regulatory arbitrage," the Independent Workers Union of Great Britain said on its website. "Since 2016, successive judgements from the Employment Tribunal, Employment Appeal Tribunal and Court of Appeal have all said Uber drivers are entitled to basic worker rights, such as the minimum wage and holiday pay."
The group is demanding fares be increased to 2 GBP per mile, a 15% decrease in the commissions taken by Uber, and an end to what the group says are unfair dismissals.
Details for each of the four cities can be found here.