Uber and Lift will not destroy California drivers and riders at midnight after a state appeals court continues – for now – treating its drivers as self-employed, instead of employees. The court’s order halted a brief but fierce game of chicken between the companies and the state of California, which …
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Rafael Rodriguez reminds him the moment he learned that Uber and Lyft were leaving Austin. “It was Mother’s Day, and I was with my girl in a restaurant,” he says. ‘I said,’ Now I do not pay for that piña colada. ” Today he laughs about it. But in 2016, …
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While Uber Technologies Inc. and Lyft Inc. prepared this week to close on riding dogs in California, alternative modes of transportation on-demand say they are ready to pick up the slack. Uber UBER, -0.54% and Lift LIFT, + 1.43% must obey a San Francisco Superior Court judge’s order by midnight …
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Uber and Lyft drivers are supporting them for a shutdown in California, one of the rideshare companies’ biggest brands. For drivers, it’s a bittersweet moment. One who could not come at a lesser time and yet has the promise of a better future. The coronavirus pandemic has hit the so-called …
Read More »Photo: JOSH EDELSON / AFP (Getty Images) The rideshare behemoths in California are Uber and Lyft still looking for ways to get the state’s attempt to classify its drivers as full-time employees, and the long play at this point very appears to be a vote-getter in November. But the two …
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