Uber Gets Some Drivers’ Worker Status Claims Sent to Arbitration

Uber Technologies Inc. can force three drivers to arbitrate claims the company misclassified them as independent contractors when they’re really employees, but a fourth worker’s allegations belong in ... Read More

Column: Uber, Lyft ask US Supreme Court to block state officials from skirting arbitration mandates

In a pair of new petitions to the U.S. Supreme Court, rideshare companies Uber and Lyft are asking the justices to bar state officials from using their enforcement power to seek money for workers or ... Read More

Uber faces more lawsuits for classifying drivers as contractors

So there you are, running from meeting to meeting on a particularly busy day when you suddenly notice your iPhone or Android phone’s battery gauge is deep in the red. These tips will help ... Read More

What scammer said after sending Ohio Uber driver on deadly order

Deputies in Clark County recorded conversations with a scammer they said unintentionally orchestrated a deadly shooting with an Uber order and phone calls. The scammer had been calling 81-year-old ... Read More

Uber Drivers To Rally As Appeal On Contractor Misclassification Begins

Uber drivers are holding a rally outside the Court of Appeal in Wellington tomorrow, as the company begins its appeal against 2022’s Employment Court verdict (in a case taken jointly by FIRST ... Read More

Some Uber and Lyft drivers say they'll start their own rideshare co-op

A group of activist Uber and Lyft ... MULDA officials said Friday they'll support any new rideshare operations that treat drivers fairly. But they held Friday's news conference, peppered with ... Read More

As a May 1st pullout deadline for Uber and Lyft approaches, drivers and startups try to adapt

McVea says the rideshare start-ups not only have to grapple with the driver pay issue ... McVea believes in the end, Minneapolis city officials and Uber and Lyft will reach a deal for them ... Read More

Uber passenger in ‘fear for his life’ when driver flees from police, Tennessee cops say

“We can’t imagine how scary this must have been for the rider, and we’re relieved they were not injured,” a spokesperson for Uber said in a statement to McClatchy News. “This driver’s ... Read More

State Republicans fail to force vote preventing Minneapolis from setting pay for Lyft, Uber drivers

MORE NEWS: Gov. Tim Walz: Replacement app before Uber ... say they want to be included in the discussion. We want to be partners with them and we're working to find a path that will allow drivers ... Read More

Woman assaults man with ax, stabs Uber driver while stealing cars, police say

The Uber driver and the suspect did not know each other, according to police. Report of a vehicle matching the stolen Uber car said it was seen in the 7400 block of East “F” Street. Read More

Uber driver punched, robbed

A 35-year-old Odessa man was arrested early Friday morning after an Uber driver told police he stole his keys and $43 in cash from him. According to an Odessa Police Department report, dispatchers ... Read More