A class action brought on behalf of approximately 241,000 Uber drivers over the company's dynamic pay-setting system became public on September 2, 2026. It was filed at the district court of Amsterdam by Worker Info Exchange, whose founder is James Farrar (Source: theguardian.com).
Claims
The claim alleges that the pay-setting system breaches GDPR data-protection rules and that it suppresses driver earnings. It seeks damages and an injunction, and puts the effect at a £5,000 reduction in annual income. The example cited in reporting is a driver identified as Oba, offered £23 for a job for which another driver was offered £27 (Source: theguardian.com).
Uber's response
Uber said it had not yet seen the claim and "categorically reject[s] the allegations," stating that its pricing is based on real-time information about the trip rather than on individual driver behaviour (Source: theguardian.com).
Status
No procedural history beyond the filing is recorded. The claim's docket number, the legal basis under which the collective action proceeds in the Dutch courts, and any response by the court are not established from the single account held.
Relationships
- instance-of: Algorithmic Pricing and Antitrust
- related: AI Labor Disruption
- related: General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR)