Uber should lose its licence if it doesn't improve workers' rights, say drivers

Minicab and black-cab drivers join GMB union in urging Transport for London to take action

A group of minicab drivers, many employed by Uber, have joined black-cab drivers and unions in calling for improved workers' rights to be a condition of Uber being able to renew its London licence later this month.

United Private Hire Drivers, which says it has 1,200 members and organised a go-slow protest blocking roads in the capital in November last year, is calling on Transport for London to insist Uber and other minicab drivers are guaranteed basic employment rights, including the minimum wage and holiday pay, under the terms of its new five-year licence.