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Campaign group says Antrim manager is directing self-employed couriers and claims to have dismissed two of themA McDonald’s manager at a branch in Northern Ireland warned Uber Eats drivers they had a “responsibility” to learn English in their own time and claimed to have dismissed a courier for being “cheeky,” a leaked recording reveals.Like many couriers for food delivery apps, Uber Eats drivers are formally self-employed, but the recording of a meeting from March last year underlines the pressures they can face from restaurants, as well as from the apps themselves. Continue reading…
Campaign group says Antrim manager is directing self-employed couriers and claims to have dismissed two of them
A McDonald’s manager at a branch in Northern Ireland warned Uber Eats drivers they had a “responsibility” to learn English in their own time and claimed to have dismissed a courier for being “cheeky,” a leaked recording reveals.
Like many couriers for food delivery apps, Uber Eats drivers are formally self-employed, but the recording of a meeting from March last year underlines the pressures they can face from restaurants, as well as from the apps themselves.
