Ride-sharing service Uber has hit a few rough patches as of late, mainly from taxi operators and city and state officials who believe Uber and others like it are too disruptive for its own good. However, the Teamsters — who supported European taxi drivers in their protest of the service earlier this month — are throwing their support to Uber drivers wishing to organize.
Autoblog Green reports Teamsters Local 986 are aiding Uber drivers in organizing an association open to all app-based commercial drivers — such as Lyft and Sidecar — to gain better treatment from their employer. This follows a protest earlier this week at the service's headquarters in Santa Monica, Calif., where Los Angeles area drivers voiced their frustrations over a decision where owners of 2010 or older vehicles had less than two weeks to acquire a newer vehicle to remain a part of Uber Black or Uber SUV, as opposed to other markets where drivers had months to do the same.
In addition, the L.A. drivers are throwing their support for California Legislature Bill AB 2293, which would mandate all app-based ridesharing services to purchase insurance for any vehicle in service from the time the driver turns on the app, to the time the driver turns the app off. The drivers believe the insurance mandate would both "serve the public interest and not pose a financial hardship" to Uber, currently valued at $18.2 billion.
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