Taxi drivers and owners from across Quebec are planning to file an injunction to ban Uber in the province. Members of the Regroupement des travailleurs autonomes Métallos, which represents 4,000 taxi drivers and owners, met for their general assembly in Montreal on Sunday. They discussed an action plan for fighting against the rise and what they say is unfair competition from the popular ride- …
Credit: Janitors / photo on flickrRecently the ridesharing company Lyft, Uber’s largest competitor, settled a pending lawsuit for $12.25 million. Lyft can continue to classify its drivers as independent contractors—a designation that is crucial to the sharing economy’s success. But the settlement may lead to additional difficulties for other sharing-economy companies.
Quebec’s taxi industry is stepping up its fight against ride-hailing giant Uber Technologies Inc., unveiling plans to file a court injunction this week seeking to shut down the service in the province. The move by the union representing 4,000 Quebec drivers and taxi owners comes on top of a class-action lawsuit application against Uber, and warnings that more protests by the taxi industry …
* Author: Davey Alba.Davey Alba Business * Date of Publication: 01.26.16.01.26.16 * Time of Publication: 1:52 pm.1:52 pm Uber Using Phone Data To Track How Fast Drivers Are Going Ride-hailing giant Uber says it’s using smartphone gyrometer data to double-check if drivers on its platform are speeding. At least, it does for a portion of its drivers on a new pilot program. Joe Sullivan, Uber’s …
* Author: Davey Alba.Davey Alba Business * Date of Publication: 01.26.16.01.26.16 * Time of Publication: 5:09 pm.5:09 pm Paris Cabbies and Uber Are Clashing—Again French taxi unions and Uber are clashing again. Taxi drivers in France have once more gone on strike—shutting down roads, demonstrating across Paris, and blocking access to major airports and railway stations, according to French …
Lyft has agreed to pay more than $12 million in a proposed class-action lawsuit seeking to classify drivers as employees in California. In a settlement agreement reached late Tuesday, the ride-hailing service would extend additional benefits to drivers and pay them to resolve the dispute but not make them official employees. Shannon Liss-Riordan, the Boston attorney who represented Lyft drivers …
It’s easy to jump to the conclusion that the bankruptcy filing of Yellow Cab of San Francisco — located in the hometown of both Uber Technologies Inc. and Lyft Inc. — is due to the fierce competition from the heavily financed ride-hailing app companies. But the reality is a bit more nuanced. Ultimately, the Chapter 11 bankruptcy filing of Yellow Cab of San Francisco on Friday is actually a …
* Author: Davey Alba.Davey Alba Business * Date of Publication: 01.26.16.01.26.16 * Time of Publication: 5:09 pm.5:09 pm Paris Cabbies and Uber Are Clashing—Again French taxi unions and Uber are clashing again. Taxi drivers in France have once more gone on strike—shutting down roads, demonstrating across Paris, and blocking access to major airports and railway stations, according to French …
Lyft has agreed to pay more than $12 million in a proposed class-action lawsuit seeking to classify drivers as employees in California. In a settlement agreement reached late Tuesday, the ride-hailing service would extend additional benefits to drivers and pay them to resolve the dispute but not make them official employees. Shannon Liss-Riordan, the Boston attorney who represented Lyft drivers …
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – Ride-hailing service Lyft has agreed to settle a proposed class action lawsuit in California by giving drivers additional workplace protections but without classifying them as employees, according to a court filing late on Tuesday. The settlement, which would have to be approved by a San Francisco federal judge, provides for Lyft to pay $12.25 million, as well as give …