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The judge should not approve the latest settlement offer as it is a sham put together by greedy self serving attorneys and really does little to nothing to compensate drivers or change Uber's overall operating tactics.
As far as Uber's tactics changing all I can see is the drivers no longer have to accept 90 per cent of their calls, which means under the settlement we no longer have to accept ridiculous 20 min away pings for fear of being deactivated
But even as Uber attorneys argue for settlement, Uber will not agree to let drivers opt out of pool requests and even goes as far as financially penalizing drivers by timeouts for not accepting pool rides during high demand times. Rides that are at a discounted rate that the drivers never agreed to perform and the Uber makes a greater percentage profit on
As far as I can see there is very little transparency built into the settlement as to when and how Uber can deactivate a partner and for what cause
And finally when it comes to the financial terms of the settlement, it is totally inadequate, and completely in Uber's favor. If I was caught and convicted of selling crack, and the government estimated my earnings to be ten billion dollars from the sell of crack, they would move to seize ten billion dollars they would not accept a 100 million dollar settlement. Why should Uber get to keep their ill gotten gains?
To make the settlement fair to all drivers, they should calculate by each driver the number of rides times Uber's booking fee per ride and then add up all commissions paid by the driver, and then pay a percentage of that total to each driver. I do not feel anything less than a least 50 per cent of the total would be fair compensation to the drivers and really why should Uber be rewarded by getting to keep its illegal profits?
As far as Uber's tactics changing all I can see is the drivers no longer have to accept 90 per cent of their calls, which means under the settlement we no longer have to accept ridiculous 20 min away pings for fear of being deactivated
But even as Uber attorneys argue for settlement, Uber will not agree to let drivers opt out of pool requests and even goes as far as financially penalizing drivers by timeouts for not accepting pool rides during high demand times. Rides that are at a discounted rate that the drivers never agreed to perform and the Uber makes a greater percentage profit on
As far as I can see there is very little transparency built into the settlement as to when and how Uber can deactivate a partner and for what cause
And finally when it comes to the financial terms of the settlement, it is totally inadequate, and completely in Uber's favor. If I was caught and convicted of selling crack, and the government estimated my earnings to be ten billion dollars from the sell of crack, they would move to seize ten billion dollars they would not accept a 100 million dollar settlement. Why should Uber get to keep their ill gotten gains?
To make the settlement fair to all drivers, they should calculate by each driver the number of rides times Uber's booking fee per ride and then add up all commissions paid by the driver, and then pay a percentage of that total to each driver. I do not feel anything less than a least 50 per cent of the total would be fair compensation to the drivers and really why should Uber be rewarded by getting to keep its illegal profits?
