Rideshare drivers are hoping this year's crisis of 'lockouts' from Uber and Lyft will gain the attention of regulators at the Federal Trade Commission (FTC).
Rideshare drivers are hoping this year’s crisis of “Drivers organized by the New York Taxi Workers Alliance on Monday presented chilling testimony to, one of the FTC’s five commissioners, on how the rideshare giants’ recent practice of preventing them from logging onto the apps have impacted their lives — alleging it amounts to collusion.
“It was phony because it claimed that it was the end to the lockouts, and yet the deal was Uber reducing lockouts is contingent upon Lyft essentially increasing lockouts,” said Bhairavi Desai, NYTWA’s longtime executive director. “So how on Earth is that a deal that ends lockouts? Only thing that’s happened is now, the two companies coordinate their lockouts.
The metric, unique to New York City, was developed as part of its nation-leading minimum pay standards for rideshare drivers. This ensures that drivers are paid for all the time they’re online while still regularly picking up fares. Per TLC rules, Uber and Lyft are supposed to maintain a UR of over 53%.lifted its longstanding cap on e-hail vehicles
“Some days I would spend the whole day driving around, wasting fuel and my time,” said Lyft driver Saif Aizah. “And this puts a lot of stress on me mentally, and a very big burden. Sometimes I feel like I will have a mental breakdown.” Macklin further contended Lyft began undertaking lockouts are solely a response to Uber’s doing the same, accusing the larger company of “using drivers as pawns in its effort to gain an unfair advantage that would leave drivers and riders worse off.”
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