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Mar 17, 2021

U.K. Uber drivers to get minimum wage and more

Uber drivers in the U.K. are set to get new employment rights, including the minimum wage, the company has announced. Plus, is the EU fight over the Oxford-AstraZeneca COVID vaccine damaging confidence in the shot? And, we hear from the village pub in County Wicklow, Ireland, that’s facing its second St. Patrick’s day under pandemic restrictions.

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Former Uber drivers James Farrar (left) and Yaseen Aslam spearheaded a battle that began six years ago to grant Uber drivers worker status.
Former Uber drivers James Farrar (left) and Yaseen Aslam spearheaded a battle that began six years ago to grant Uber drivers worker status.
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