Enlarge (credit: FG Trade / Getty Images) Around this time last year, Uber and Lyft saw demand plunge for their flagship ride-hailing services as fear of the coronavirus kept most people at home. By May 2020, Uber’s ride bookings had plunged 80 percent from their level a year earlier. But now, as people get vaccinated […]
Enlarge / Uber CEO Dara Khosrowshahi in December 2019. (credit: Scott Heins/Getty Images) After a five-year legal battle to continue treating drivers as independent contractors in the United Kingdom, Uber CEO Dara Khosrowshahi wants you to believe that he is throwing in the towel. “Our thinking on this issue has evolved over time,” wrote CEO Dara Khosrowshahi […]
Uber has long battled to keep its drivers as independent contractors. But a landmark defeat in the U.K. may not be such a big deal after all. Read More
Justice is finally being served! As we previously reported, video of an Uber ride gone HORRIBLY wrong went viral last week when the three female passengers refused to wear their masks, leading to an assault on their driver. The upsetting clip showed two of the three young women coughing loudly and claiming to have coronavirus, […]
It’s hard to believe that after a full year and more than 500,000 Americans dead that there are still people out there refusing to wear a mask, and yet… As we previously reported, a shocking video of a young woman assaulting an Uber driver recently went viral. The incident would have been upsetting regardless, but […]
Before my trip to Salt Lake City, I signed up for Delta SkyMiles I would never use. Read more…
One thing we can all agree on? People like this shouldn’t be allowed in public! According to reports, a woman was banned by Uber and Lyft after coughing on and assaulting an Uber driver who refused to give her and her friends a ride in San Francisco because they weren’t wearing masks. Rideshare driver Subhakar […]
Enlarge (credit: Ore Huiying/Bloomberg via Getty Images) Unemployment in the US remains stubbornly high at 6.3 percent. Job growth has stalled, with 9.6 million fewer jobs in January than the same month a year earlier. But gig companies say they’re having trouble finding people to drive, pick up, and deliver for them. “I’m worried about […]
Enlarge (credit: Peter Summers/Getty Images) The Supreme Court of the United Kingdom has ruled that Uber drivers are legally workers, not self-employed contractors as Uber has argued in courts around the world. The ruling means that drivers in Britain and Northern Ireland are eligible for additional benefits and protections, including a minimum wage. Uber claims […]
Enlarge / Anthony Levandowski in 2019. (credit: David Paul Morris/Bloomberg via Getty Images) Famed self-driving engineer Anthony Levandowski was forced to declare bankruptcy last year after he lost a legal battle with Google over claims that he stole trade secrets on behalf of Uber. Now Uber is objecting to the proposed terms of his bankruptcy, arguing […]