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Mar 17, 2021
U.K. Uber drivers to get minimum wage and more
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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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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