Date
22 January 2021

Tag

Active

Country
Spain Spain
Geographical scope
National
Type
  • Type

    Awareness raising, campaigns, information provision

    Voluntary
  • Type

    Negotiation of working conditions

    Voluntary
  • Type

    Organising and representing workers

    Voluntary
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Description

In September 2018, the Workers General Union (Unión General de Trabajadores, UGT) signed a manifesto with ride-hailing platform companies (VTC) such as Cabify, a platform operating in Spain and in 10 other countries. Negotiations on the agreement were launched after drivers had contacted UGT and informed it of their work situation. The agreement aimed at ensuring safety and adequate working conditions for all drivers and pushing all platforms, including Uber, to join. The agreement was proof of shared intentions, but it did not set any concrete actions. However, it provided the opportunity to start an ongoing dialogue. A collective agreement negotiation table was set up with the aim of regulating working conditions in the future.

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Additional metadata

Keywords
representation, industrial relations, social dialogue, working conditions, collective bargaining
Actors
Business association, Employee organisation
Sector
Transportation and storage
Platforms
Cabify

Citation

Eurofound (2021), UGT - Manifesto of Intentions - Ride-hailing platforms (Initiative), Record number 3021, Platform Economy Database, Dublin, https://apps.eurofound.europa.eu/platformeconomydb/ugt-manifesto-of-intentions-ridehailing-platforms-103115.