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Gig Workers now included in new "Unemployment on Steroids" plan
This may be much needed good news for all the drivers out there.https://www.latimes.com/politics/story/2020-03-24/congress-white-house-stimulus-deal-coronavirus
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We want to interview UK Uber riders/drivers! (Paid)
Hi - Portify is an app that helps you manage your finances and get access to small savings on deals …
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Report: Uber self-driving team was preparing for CEO demo before fatal crash
This has conspiracy theory written all over it. Check out these paragraphs from this article:Uber circulated a document asking …
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How is Uber valued at billions of dollars without being profitable? [NY Post]
I can't believe I used to read the Post for real. Is this a real article.Dear John: How is …
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Introduction to SITBAQ
Hey everyone! I wanted to introduce SITBAQ to you. SITBAQ is a mobile app based transportation service that focuses on …
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Uber hired Rebecca Messina to serve as its first global chief marketing officer. [WSJ]
A longtime Coca-Cola marketing executive, Messina was most recently the head of marketing at liquor giant Beam Suntory. And Snap’s …
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Miami Uber Driver Raped A Female Passenger, Told Cops It Was A 'Perk' Of The Job
Oh, boy “Frederick Gaston, 51, admitted to assaulting and raping a 26-year-old woman who was drunk, vomiting and passing …
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Only couple of days left to opt out of the Uber Terms of Service - or lose your legal rights
If you don't opt out of the mandatory arbitration provision, you will lose your legal rights to sue Uber individually …
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'I had the devil looking at me': Scottsdale woman says she fended off Uber passenger with stun gun
What about driver safety Uber? They probably deactivated her for protecting herself since Uber has a strict no weapons policy! …
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Let us improve your rides!
Dear Drivers and Passengers,we are an aspiring start up and we are currently working on some features,that will …
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LOL, this made me laugh today
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Drivers will know Pick-up and Drop-off location, what they're going to get paid and how long the trip is in distance and duration before accepting a ride!
With no strings attached, no punishment for AR or CR, decline all the rides you don't want, pick the rides …
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Forced into arbitration, 12,500 drivers claim Uber won’t pay fees to launch cases
That is the way these companies are skirting the issue and avoiding arbitration cases. There is a new TOS by …
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RI Uber driver charged with sexual assault
And another Uber driver rapist... https://www.wpri.com/news/local-news/east-bay/uber-driver-charged-with-sexual-assault/1401665893
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Uber founder Travis Kalanick has reportedly raised $400 million for his next act from Saudi Arabia.
He will make a few more billions by competing against his old company.https://www.businessinsider.com/uber-travis-kalanick-saudi-arabia-funding-cloud-kitchens-delivery-2019-11?utm_source=reddit.com
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I'm a driver for Uber and Lyft — here are 8 ways I can tell someone is going to be a bad passenger within 5 seconds
Where do they find guys like this? I mean come on people, he is a good mouthpiece though!https://www.businessinsider.com/uber-lyft-driver-bad-passengers-2019-11
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Uber driver drives erractically and tells passengers "We are all going to die"
This is my nightmare. Being trapped in an Uber with a driver who has just lost it. Apparently this guy …
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Uber plans to start audio-recording rides in the U.S. for safety The ride-hailing firm is launching an audio-recording pilot in Latin America.
It is about time, the only protection a driver has against unjust deactivation is video and audio. Of course CA …
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The self-driving Uber that killed a pedestrian in Arizona wasn’t programmed to see jaywalkers.
How are they testing this stuff on our roads with our lives at stake? Human testing?Findings released by US …
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Is new LAX laws really that bad? Perhaps not?
According to this journalist, using the new LAX pickup system was a breeze. So which is it people?!https://www.usatoday.com/story/travel/airli1ne-news/2019/11/06/lax-uber-lyft-rides-pickup-lax-it-los-angeles-airport/4174979002/