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Who do MEPs really work for?
Like the cash for influence scandal, #UberFiles highlights Brussels' rotten lobbying culture.
https://www.europarl.europa.eu/plenary/en/home.html
2/5 An agreement on the Platform Workers Directive that grants employment rights to people working for Uber (etc) hangs in the balance.
Rightwing MEPs are trying to sabotage it.
The Parliament needs to decide whether it is pro-worker or pro-corporate lobbies.
3/5 "These revelations confirm what we’ve been witnessing for 3 years - Uber want to write the law themselves” says @leilachaibi
"The pressure they put on our work - MEPs brainwashed by platforms who refuse to meet or even insult workers."
4/5 "In many countries Uber’s violent & illegal lobbying practices have damaged interests of legal taxi drivers and passengers," says @ElenaKountoura
"Yet @EU_Commission refuses to see dangers of market deregulation & seeks further opening of the market for Uber type services."
5/5 These workers keep our economies and societies going without job security, sick pay or holiday pay, while companies rake in the profits.
We stand with #platformworkers.
We won't let Uber make the law!
#WorkisWork #StopUber #Uberfiles
