James Farrar

Yes, manufacturers. Interesting dynamic w investors nervous about capex on AVs which Uber is dabbling in but says are still too expensive. AV software runs ahead of any manufacturer's ability to make the vehicles cheaply enough at scale. Or all could could be a ruse to out maneuver Tesla?

Clear admission from Uber in today's earning call of what was long suspected but never admitted: Uber is harvesting data from their driver workforce to train autonomous vehicle AI models to replace them.

Uber launches $20bn share buyback Ride-hailing app announces plans after posting upbeat outlook for gross bookings

Uber's $20bn share buy back is a MASSIVE transfer of their wage theft from exploited workers to greedy investors. It equates to $2,400 for every rider & driver on the platform or just under the total value of fares collected from passengers in Q2 '25. www.ft.com/content/6643...

The government's anti-migrant, Reform-lite, right wing posturing undermines our asylum system & employment law. The govt is facilitating platform companies to breach employment law & exploit the most vulnerable of workers the govt has a duty to protect. www.ft.com/content/e9f1...

New Research Exposes Deepening Exploitation of Uber Drivers by Algorithmic Pay New Research Exposes Deepening Exploitation of Uber Drivers by Algorithmic Pay

New - Oxford University research in partnership with @Workerinfox exposes deepening exploitation of Uber drivers by algorithmic pay
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How Uber's product chief uses AI at work Sachin Kansal shared two ways he uses AI for his everyday tasks and how he plans to add NotebookLM to his AI tool suite.

Instead of consulting their workforce about changes in work practices and product, Uber senior managers consult ChatGPT instead!
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Ride-hailing drivers in Indonesia hold protests to demand better pay Hundreds of taxi and delivery drivers joined protests in several cities across Indonesia on Tuesday over low wages and to oppose a planned merger between the country's largest tech company GoTo and U.S.-listed ride-hailing rival Grab .

Solidarity with Grab and Gojek workers taking action in Indonesia today.
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Uber's autonomous dream - 4 million self driving vehicles on London streets Uber's autonomous dream - 4 million self driving vehicles on London streets

Today Uber told @zsk.bsky.social of the BBC they were ready now to introduce driverless vehicles in London. Here is the dystopian future we face if Uber gets their way. www.workerinfoexchange.org/post/uber-s-...

出前館 配達員アカウント事件 手数料月に約１５０万円受領か｜NHK 首都圏のニュース 【NHK】フードデリバリーサービス「出前館」の配達員のアカウントを不正に作ったとして会社役員らが逮捕された事件で、役員は就労資格のない外国人にアカウ…

Police have arrested 4 suspects for creating and leasing fake Demaekan accounts. Demaekan is the key rival to Uber Eats in Japan. The suspects charged a monthly fee of 10,000 yen per rider over the past few years. Many were from Uzbekistan without valid work permit. www3.nhk.or.jp/lnews/shutok...

The predicament for Lammy's exploited driver, now accused of a crime, is familiar to UK gig workers. Apps like Uber condition customer entitlement based on worker abuse such that even the most senior politicians are no longer able (or willing) to discern the truth of the situ
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Is £1.90 per mile a fair fare? No. For example, Woking Council estimates per mile costs of £3.82 based on a driver taking home £35k per year. Given fixed vehicle & fuel costs, to meet Lammy's fare demand, a driver would have to accept a take home salary of just £12k pa.
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Concerning that David Lammy was expecting to pay a one way fare of 360 miles for just £717. That is just £1.9 per mile for a 7 hour trip and the driver must return empty. Even brutally exploitative Bolt quotes c. €2,170 for this trip one way.
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Cometh 8pm, cometh the free meals on the corporate account for hungry lawyers working late at Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer in London. The sub minimum wage workers that serve them are forbidden even to enter the building to wait in the lobby for their diners to descend. It is all a bit unseemly.

Door Dash are bidding to take over Deliveroo. But back in California, Uber is suing them for unfair competition. If even Uber finds Door Dash to be unethical & engaging in unfair competition, what will they do to Europe's many fine independent restaurants? about.doordash.com/en-us/news/u...

US food delivery app DoorDash offers to buy UK rival Deliveroo for $3.6bn The London-based company, the second largest food deliver app in the UK, said no ‘firm offer’ had been made yet

Door Dash offers £2.7bn for Deliveroo. Compare that to the £7.6bn IPO valuation in 2021. Just Eat, FreeNow and Gett all sold recently at huge losses in value. Bolt next? www.theguardian.com/business/202...

The 'innovators' at Wayve, Uber's autonomous vehicle investment, are not just content with automating the actual driving, they also want to replicate and automate the emotional labour of drivers as well!

According to Pershing Square, a major investor in Uber, in the near future human drivers will only fill in gaps at periods of peak demand, most of the work will be done by autonomous vehicle fleets. Having destroyed decent work, Uber now wants to kill off employment altogether.

YouTube video by ROME REPORTS in English Pope Francis consoles a boy who asked if his non-believing father is in Heaven

Pope Francis was a voice of moral strength for workers, for migrants, for Gaza and even for us non believers. RIP youtu.be/bRbUTfSds0U?...

Uber, FTC v. The Federal Trade Commission sued Uber Technologies, Inc. and Uber USA LLC (collectively, “Uber”) for alleged violations of Section 5 of the FTC Act and the Restore Online Shoppers’ Confidence

The FTC has launched a legal complaint against Uber alleging misrepresentation and unfairly charging consumers without consent. This relates to the Uber One subscription service where consumers were bamboozled with 23 screens & 32 actions when trying to cancel.
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Bill Ackman owns a $2.1 billion stake in Uber. Here he is backing Trump and questioning the need for due process and respect for the basic human rights of migrants.

“The true measure of any society can be found in how it treats its most vulnerable members.” - Gandhi.
Thoughts with the oppressed, their families and loved ones now more vulnerable to cruel abuse. Trans rights are human rights.

Bolt-förare får ingen lön – har stängt av appen Bolt-förare i Sverige väntade på sin veckolön i tisdags, men utbetalningen har uteblivit. Enligt flera förare och åkerier har det dessutom varit omöjligt att få kontakt med Bolt för att få klarhet i s...

Bolt FAILED to pay their drivers in Sweden this week sparking concerns about the company's financial solvency. UK workers are now also v worried. Situ placed migrant workers at risk who must show evidence they are continually working as condition of visa. www.svt.se/nyheter/inri...

DEI is dying at Uber!

This will surely be devastating news also for Princess Bright, Uber UK senior manager and Redbridge Labour Councillor who is Europe Co Chair of "Black at Uber". How long before Uber big wigs in San Francisco start telling her to pipe down on DEI also? END

Uber drops ‘diversity’ from annual report Move comes as Trump leads anti-DEI effort.

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.Uber has gone (more) MAGA but how will Baroness Oona King of Bow, Uber's recently minted Head of DEI & former Labour MP for Bethnal & Bow, feel about the snub & having to keep a low profile lest she offend Uber's MAGA friends & the Heritage Foundation?
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Isn't Britain maybe slightly over valuing the Royal Family as a magic shield?

Study exploring the context, challenges, opportunities, and trends in algorithmic management in the workplace - Publications Office of the EU The present study was carried out to provide the Commission with a comprehensive, evidence-based analysis of the context, challenges, opportunities, and trends in algorithmic management (AM) in the wo...

Great to see this recognition of @workerinfox.bsky.social in EU Commission report out today: “Both the Uber & Ola cases are prime examples of successful strategic litigation that has led to the mobilisation of GDPR data subject rights vis-à-vis digital labour platforms.” op.europa.eu/en/publicati...

As General Counsel, Tony West is responsible for Uber's global 'compliance & ethics' and "has been a key driver in Uber’s cultural change, including its efforts to become the industry leader in safety." Strange then that he would be cheerleading TfL's dropping of enforcement of safety standards. END

When Deputy Mayor Howard Dawber assured Uber's GC Tony West of @transportforlondon.bsky.social suspension of enforcement of Safety, Equalities & Regulatory Understanding testing for Uber drivers which aims to "protect children & adults at risk from harm & abuse", Tony "welcomed this intervention" 1/