The UK’s App Drivers and Couriers Union (ADCU) staged a 24-hour strike Wednesday to demand Uber be held accountable for the findings of the Uber files, a trove of thousands of leaked confidential documents that show how the ride-hail company broke laws, secretly lobbied governments and exploited driver safety to expand aggressively from 2013 to 2017.
The ADCU asked drivers not to open the app on Wednesday and asked passengers to not use the service. The union also held a public demonstration at Uber UK’s head office at Aldgate Towers in London between 12pm and 2pm on Wednesday. The ADCU said there was “good observance” of the picket line.
The union is demanding that Uber immediately obey the UK’s Supreme Court ruling on worker rights in full, which last year …
