A courier company that delivers coronavirus samples for testing has been plunged into an industrial dispute over the dismissal of staff who claim they are being victimised for trade union and whistleblowing activities. The confrontation at the Doctors Laboratory (TDL) in London relates to 10 cycle and walking couriers who have been told they are likely to be made redundant during the pandemic. Eight of those affected are taking claims to an employment tribunal, supported by the Independent Workers’ Union of Great Britain (IWGB), which represents people working in the gig economy. TDL, which transports Covid-19 samples, denies its employees have been put at risk. It says no one has been chosen for redundancy because of their whistleblowing or trade union activities.

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