Uber will pay $ 1.3 million to French taxi drivers for illegal competition: they proved Uber guilty through a video
By decision of the court, Uber is obliged to pay taxi drivers € 1.2 million ($ 1.3 million) to the National Trade Union. The union has previously filed a complaint about Uber’s “dirty” work methods.
Uber drivers are just waiting for customers on the streets, like regular taxi drivers, according to employees of French taxi companies. The fact is that in France there is a law according to which drivers of Uber and similar services have no right to wait for customers on the streets, as well as near airports or railway stations.
As evidence, taxi drivers cite training videos (supposedly posted on YouTube), where Uber drivers are given lifehacks on how to increase profits and attract more customers.
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However, on the Uber website for drivers, TechCrunch did not find such clips. And moreover, as the newspaper notes , the company's FAQ clearly states that only ordinary taxi drivers can wait for customers on the streets.
About two thousand people across France on January 26 took part in regular protests against Uber and other services to call cars, reports Guardian. The most significant was the action in Paris, where local taxi drivers burned tires and blocked roads to airports.
“The authorities are weak, unemployment puts pressure on them, so they allow them [online services] to work. They think that they create jobs, but every new place is destroyed by an existing one, ”said Karim Asnun, head of the CGT Taxi Union.
Taxi drivers opposing Uber claim that the service can take away up to a third of their business. French taxi drivers have already opposed Uber in the summer of 2015.
Today, Lyft taxi service also paid for its strained relations with the law, Megamind reported . The company complained about their own drivers. They demanded recognition of their employees and the right to pay travel expenses. Lyft agreed to pay the drivers $ 12.25 million in compensation and give them certain benefits, as well as to warn them in advance about disconnecting from the service. But at the same time, Lyft will no longer recognize them as employees of the company.
Lyft and his biggest rival, Uber, faced several similar lawsuits in federal court in San Francisco.
Uber drivers are just waiting for customers on the streets, like regular taxi drivers, according to employees of French taxi companies. The fact is that in France there is a law according to which drivers of Uber and similar services have no right to wait for customers on the streets, as well as near airports or railway stations.
As evidence, taxi drivers cite training videos (supposedly posted on YouTube), where Uber drivers are given lifehacks on how to increase profits and attract more customers.
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However, on the Uber website for drivers, TechCrunch did not find such clips. And moreover, as the newspaper notes , the company's FAQ clearly states that only ordinary taxi drivers can wait for customers on the streets.
About two thousand people across France on January 26 took part in regular protests against Uber and other services to call cars, reports Guardian. The most significant was the action in Paris, where local taxi drivers burned tires and blocked roads to airports.
“The authorities are weak, unemployment puts pressure on them, so they allow them [online services] to work. They think that they create jobs, but every new place is destroyed by an existing one, ”said Karim Asnun, head of the CGT Taxi Union.
Taxi drivers opposing Uber claim that the service can take away up to a third of their business. French taxi drivers have already opposed Uber in the summer of 2015.
Today, Lyft taxi service also paid for its strained relations with the law, Megamind reported . The company complained about their own drivers. They demanded recognition of their employees and the right to pay travel expenses. Lyft agreed to pay the drivers $ 12.25 million in compensation and give them certain benefits, as well as to warn them in advance about disconnecting from the service. But at the same time, Lyft will no longer recognize them as employees of the company.
Lyft and his biggest rival, Uber, faced several similar lawsuits in federal court in San Francisco.
Source: https://habr.com/ru/post/298220/
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