Group: 3rd Uber driver deemed employee, not contractor
A New York City advocacy group says a third former Uber driver has been deemed to have been an employee of the company, not a contractor.
Uber and Lyft Are Threatening to Expose Poor and Elderly to Predatory Practices
Ride-hailing companies like Uber and Lyft have grown increasingly popular in the last few years. During this time, both companies have faced numerous challenges to their business models, including lawsuits involving passenger safety and the misclassification of their drivers as independent contractors, as well as accusations that both drivers and passengers discriminate based on race and other factors.
Rogue Uber driver takes prominent SoHo gallery operator to the Bronx instead of home
AFA Gallery manager Frances Stern has worked with the world’s top artists, but she’s never seen anything like the Uber driver who took her for a wild ride into the Bronx, where she was forced to make a frightening escape, she says.
Disability Activists Slam MTA for Considering Uber as an Alternative to Existing Access-a-Ride Service
Advocates for New Yorkers with disabilities have long battled with car services whose vehicles are not accessible. Now they are calling on the MTA to drop plans to do business with them.
Disability Advocates Demand that the MTA Cease and Desist
The MTA is considering including Uber in its Access-a-Ride program. Uber operates over 44,000 vehicles in NYC and, until the company hatched a scheme to poach 40 accessible green taxis from the boroughs, not a single one was accessible to wheelchair users.
NYETA Questions NYC’s Commitment to All Immigrants
NYETA represents over 6,000 immigrant taxi medallion owners whose investments and future have been put a great risk because the city’s immigrant supporting rhetoric doesn’t seem to apply to them.
International Technology: Uber sparks privacy concerns
Uber, with its latest update managed to leave its customers fuming in anger after it informed them about its new policy.
amNewYork: Uber, NYC at odds over data collection for new safety rule
Uber is pushing back against a newly passed Taxi and Limousine Commission safety rule, citing security concerns over the city’s data collection needed for the measure.
PIX11: Woman says Uber driver kidnapped her, refused to drop her at UES destination
An Uber passenger was taken for a joy ride through the city by her Uber driver — but without the joy.
Uber policy change will allow non-violent ex-cons to take the wheel
Non-violent convicts like prostitutes, thieves and fraudsters will be allowed to get behind the wheel of Uber cars in two more states under a new plan the company is rolling out.