The Signals Network represented Mark MacGann, the whistleblower behind the Uber Files case, beginning in July 2022. MacGann testified in October 2022 before the European Parliament’s Employment Committee about the files and their implications for worker rights in the gig economy. Before the hearing, The Signals Network objected to a proposed format that would have placed MacGann and an Uber representative on the same panel, arguing that the arrangement failed to account for protections required under the recently passed European whistleblower directive.
The European Commission altered the hearing format after the organization’s intervention. The supplied source does not specify the contents of every disclosure, identify a criminal conviction, or report a financial penalty against Uber. It does establish that the allegations reached a formal European legislative forum and that the handling of the whistleblower became part of the regulatory dispute. The episode shows how gig-platform investigations can implicate not only employment practices but also the adequacy of protections for insiders who disclose them.
