Uber Drivers, Pizza Delivery Workers Get Lift From EU’s Vestager
- Europe’s antitrust chief looking at wages via online platforms
- Cartel rules can stymie workers’ attempts to bargain for wages
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Uber Technologies Inc. drivers and takeout delivery workers have a new champion in the European Union’s antitrust chief, who wants to help them fight for better pay and conditions.
In an interview with Bloomberg, Margrethe Vestager says she’s looking at ways to help “people who work in a weak negotiating position” amid concerns about the plight of workers in the so-called gig economy.