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French PM bows to pressure after taxi drivers protest

Who says demos don't work! Tuesday morning saw France hit by yet another taxi strike, with drivers furious over what they claim to be unfair competition from private hire companies and web platforms like Uber. Prime Minister Manuel Valls met with a delegation...

London Taxi Trade Reps In Talks with Euro Taxi Orgs In Paris, Day Before French Taxis Go On Strike.

London Taxi representatives from the UCG, LTDA LCDC and Unite Cab Section , are currently in Paris to dicuss international action with Europian Taxi orgs, ahead of tomorrow's planned Taxi strike by Parisian Taxi drivers. Organisers are predicting massive support from...

Uber Drivers Plan Boycott After Fare Cuts Slash Their Earnings to Below Minimum Wage

Drivers are rallying, pursuing lawsuits, turning off their app and even switching to Lyft By Sage Lazzaro • 01/19/16 11:55am (Photo: David Ramos/Getty Images) When Uber cut fares in Washington D.C. last February, the Observer spoke to several drivers and learned the...

Canadian PM Announces Bill To Ban Uber.

Newly elected Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is taking a stand against Uber.   An internet poll, commissioned by Satov Consultants, a Toronto-based researcher and business advisory company mentioned Uber have covered 30% more rides than dispatched Taxi cabs in the...

Uber To Pay $28m To Customers After Lawsuit

All 25m passengers who used the service in the US between January 2013 and January 2016 will receive money. Uber has agreed to the payout after a US lawsuit Uber has agreed to pay $28.5m (£19.6m) to its US customers to settle two class-action lawsuits over its "safe...

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