Drivers Representation & Advocacy (DRA), founded by Yaseen Aslam, the lead claimant in the landmark UK Supreme Court case Uber BV v Aslam [2021] UKSC 5, has issued a statement in solidarity with Australian Uber drivers as a major employment status trial begins in Sydney on Monday 9 February 2026. The Australian case, brought by the Rideshare Drivers Network (RDN), mirrors arguments long rejected by UK courts, where Uber was found to have deliberately mischaracterised its relationship with drivers in order to deny them basic statutory rights. "The UK case showed that Uber’s model was built on legal fiction. What Australian drivers are facing is part of the same global pattern.”Since 2015, Yaseen Aslam has been at the forefront of organising app-based drivers across borders, helping to build international coordination among driver-led movements worldwide. Both organisations represent app-based drivers, including Uber drivers, and share the same objective: securing dignity, fair pay, and basic employment protections for platform workers.

Source: The Guardian February 09, 2026 11:36 UTC