The Department of Justice is suing Uber over allegations it discriminates against disabled people by overcharging them when drivers have to wait for passengers to board their vehicles. In a press release on Wednesday, the DOJ said it had filed a lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California against the ride-hailing company for charging…
DOJ Sues Uber, Says Wait Fees Discriminate Against Disabled Customers
Uber Partners With Hertz to Offer 50,000 Tesla Rentals to US Ride-Hail Drivers
October 27, 2021
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Uber Technologies Inc. on Wednesday said it is launching a new partnership with rental car company Hertz to offer 50,000 Tesla Inc. vehicles as a rental option to its ride-hail drivers by 2023. Uber drivers can rent a Tesla through Hertz starting on Nov. 1 in Los Angeles, San Francisco, San Diego, and Washington DC,…
Uber’s Chief Technical Officer to Step Down
September 15, 2021
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Uber Chief Technology Officer Sukumar Rathnam is stepping down as the company’s head of engineering, a spokesperson of the ride-hailing company said late on Tuesday. The spokesperson did not specify the reason for Rathnam’s departure but Business Insider reported earlier that he had been increasingly at odds with chief product officer Sundeep Jain. Rathnam, who…
Uber Drivers Are Employees, Not Contractors, Says Dutch Court
AMSTERDAM—Uber drivers are employees, not contractors, and so entitled to greater workers’ rights under local labor laws, a Dutch court ruled on Monday, handing a setback to the U.S. company’s European business model. The Amsterdam District Court sided with the Federation of Dutch Trade Unions (FNV), which had argued that Uber’s roughly 4,000 drivers in…
Uber Eats, DoorDash, Grubhub Sue New York City Over Legislation on Commission Caps
September 10, 2021
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Food-delivery companies DoorDash Inc, Grubhub Inc and Uber Eats have sued New York City over a legislation to license food-delivery apps and to permanently cap commissions they can charge restaurants. The three food-delivery companies filed a lawsuit in federal court in New York late on Thursday. The companies are seeking an injunction that would prevent…
NFL’s Jay Cutler Pulled From Uber Promo Over Stance Against Masking Children
August 18, 2021
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Former NFL quarterback Jay Cutler lost his appearance on an Uber Eats-NFL partnered commercial after voicing his opinion on CCP virus health regulations and mask mandates set on schoolchildren. “Lost a commercial with Uber eats partnering with the NFL,” Cutler said on social media. “Was going to film in LA, ‘views aren’t aligned.’ Guess they don’t like…
Man Gets Life for Killing Woman Who Mistook His Car for Uber
COLUMBIA, S.C.—A South Carolina man was sentenced to life in prison Tuesday for the 2019 abduction and murder of a 21-year-old college student who mistook his car for her Uber ride. The jury took a little more than an hour to find Nathaniel Rowland guilty of killing Samantha Josephson, a University of South Carolina student…
Uber’s Trucking Unit to Buy Logistics Planner Transplace for $2.25 Billion
Uber Technologies Inc’s trucking business is buying transportation logistics company Transplace for about $2.25 billion from private equity firm TPG Capital, in a deal that is expected to speed up the unit’s path to profitability. The acquisition, announced by Uber on Thursday, consists of up to $750 million in the company’s common stock and the…
Rideshare Drivers Staging One-Day Strike in LA, Other Cities
July 21, 2021
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LOS ANGELES, Calif.—People looking to use ride-hailing services such as Lyft and Uber might be in for some difficulty July 21, as many drivers are conducting a one-day strike for better pay and status under the law. Rideshare Drivers United—an independent association of U.S. rideshare drivers founded in Los Angeles—is organizing the strikes in a…
Uber and Lyft Drivers Are on Strike Today. What Riders Need to Know
By Jessica Roy From Los Angeles Times Rides through Uber and Lyft that are already hard to secure these days—and sometimes eye-poppingly expensive—because many drivers stopped working in the pandemic may become even more difficult to reserve Wednesday, when some drivers will be on strike. An organization that represents rideshare drivers has called for the…
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