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How to Beat Uber – A scrappy New York taxi drivers union is taking on Uber’s exploitative business model — and winning.

https://www.jacobinmag.com/2018/08/new-york-taxis-app-cap-uber-lyft The New York Taxi Workers Alliance knows how to throw a punch. On August 14, the scrappy but militant twenty-one-thousand-member union representing taxi and for-hire vehicle drivers in New York City won a landmark legislative victory establishing the country’s first cap on ride-sharing company vehicles and essentially forcing them to pay their drivers a minimum wage.…

This is why I’m striking – Uber driver explains how petrol hikes have nearly crippled him.

BY ERNEST MABUZA On Tuesday morning‚ Johannesburg’s streets were quieter as Uber drivers protested – and one driver‚ who was part of the strike‚ explained why he and his colleagues had put on the brakes. The man‚ who wouldn’t be named for fear of victimisation‚ said that cash was at the heart of the protests‚…

Uber drives its Indian workers to despair.

After promises of high earnings, fare cuts and increased commission have left drivers with car loans they can’t pay off https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2018/dec/04/my-life-is-spent-in-this-car-uber-drives-indian-workers-to-despair It is 3pm. Mohan Kumar has been on the roads of the Indian capital since 9am without a break. He will continue driving until 9pm or 10pm. This is his routine, seven days a…