The platforms are subject to labor laws. A Spanish YouTuber will sue YouTube owner Google for “unfair dismissal” after seeing his channel lose advertising revenue.
According to the UGT union, which is demanding compensation from a YouTuber named Jota Pov (@Jota_POV), the platform has decided to “unilaterally” demonetize its YouTube channel “Ultimo Bastion”, which was followed by about 18,000 people. depriving it of advertising revenue.
The most popular YouTubers who have made video their profession live mainly from advertising revenue.
“I have no choice but to put YouTube in the dock,” the YouTuber wrote on social networks.
“A complaint prepared by UGT legal services was filed against Google Spain, the owner of YouTube in the country,” for “unfair dismissal,” the union said in a press release, which indicated that the settlement had failed. The trial will take place on June 26, 2024.
The union hopes to prove through this procedure the existence of “an employment relationship between the content creator and Google (YouTube)” due to the YouTuber’s “dependence” on the platform’s form to receive compensation in exchange for their content.
In this complaint, UGT states that it wants to open a “debate” about “the false independent work and precariousness that these tech giants are trying to impose by trying to circumvent labor laws.”
Google is not open to discussion
Google Spain responded that the content creators “were not employees of YouTube, contrary to the claims” of the union. The Internet giant also assured that it is “deeply involved in the success of its creators, which leads to it sharing a majority of the income with them.”
Spain was a pioneer in Europe with the so-called “rider law,” which came into force in August 2021, which introduced a “presumption of employment” into the Spanish Labor Code for all couriers using delivery apps such as Uber Eats or Glovo.
Delivery workers have thus become workers who can benefit from the protection that comes with this status, thanks to an agreement concluded between the government, the main Spanish trade unions and employers.
Source: Le Parisien
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