A trade union that won a landmark case against Uber in the UK's Supreme Court had a 'culture of abuse and toxicity,' with an internal power struggle threatening to paralyze its operations, according to a damning independent report obtained by WIRED. The report into the App Drivers and Couriers Union, or ADCU, which was commissioned by the union itself last summer and conducted by a leading UK barrister, also identified incidents of racial abuse and Islamophobia, mistreatment of staff, and evidence that senior figures within the union created well-paid jobs which they subsequently appointed themselves into. James Farrar, the union's leader and general secretary, resigned when the report was finalized last week. In his resignation, which he shared with WIRED, Farrar acknowledged his 'part' in the problems at the union but said that its 'future has never looked brighter,' adding that it was 'time to make way for new leaders, fresh ideas and different ways of doing things.' Farrar...
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