The "Voices for Fairness" award. Image: supplied
Toronto rideshare driver Earla Phillips is the only Canadian to be recognized as a “Voice for Fairness” at the annual Drivers Union award ceremony in Seattle, Washington. Phillips, an Uber driver and one of the founders of the Rideshare Drivers
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Image: Len Sherman
by Len Sherman –Reprinted with permission– Taxi News received permission from researcher and author Len Sherman to serialize his work, “The Inconvenient Truths Uber’s CEO Doesn’t Want You To Know.” As Uber launches its “upfront pay” algorithmic changes in Canada
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Gig workers, Uber and Lyft drivers protest in front of Uber's Canadian head office on Bloor Street on February 14th. Photo: Earla Philips
Everyone wants security, opportunity, respect I do not know one single happy Uber driver, I realized this weekend. I used to have at least one Uber driver I could count on to be happy: my brother, who lives in Los
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Legendary songwriter/singer/guitarist/actor Kris Kristofferson. Photo: Facebook
Mike Murchison’s tribute to a legendary writer and musician
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Hansford Collins Jr. posts photos from Marion, Virginia
Read MoreFlorida residents, businesses travelling to North Carolina to help Floridians on their way to help in North Carolina 🇺🇸🙏🏼🔥 pic.twitter.com/IJ4J87wpWW — TONY™ (@TONYxTWO) October 4, 2024
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Dan McTeague, President, Canadians for Affordable Energy Photo: CAE
“Real sucker of a deal” Dan McTeague says Close to $50 billion of taxpayer dollars have been given to automakers to develop electric vehicles. Despite these handouts, automakers are slowing the production of EVs and even pulling out of Canada
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Some dashboard lights. Image: AAA
Educating buyers a good starting place TROY, Mich.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Advanced Driver Assistance Systems (ADAS) account for 12.8% of total new-vehicle problems with 24.9 problems per 100 vehicles (PP100), according to the J.D. Power 2024 U.S. ADAS (Advanced Driver Assistance Systems) Quality
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"If you're one of the venture capitalists who floated the loans to Uber to come up to Toronto, you've been reaping a pretty handsome reward, but that money has come out of the pockets of the people who provide the service, and it's come in out of the quality of life in the city of Toronto," said Gord Perks on December 10th. Photo: Taxi News
US couple injured in Uber crash, cannot sue Uber A couple who were left with life-changing injuries after their Uber crashed have learned they cannot sue Uber because of the terms they accepted when using the app, the BBC reports.
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