Customers accuse the ride sharing service of attempting to profit from a taxi
driver work stoppage.
The latest, the Boston school - bus
driver work stoppage this past week, which left 57,000 kids without a way to get to school.
Not exact matches
Customers became angered after the ride - hailing service did not shutdown service at New York's Kennedy International on Saturday, in solidarity with a
work -
stoppage called by a cab -
driver group.
BREAKING: NYTWA
drivers call for one hour
work stoppage @ JFK airport today 6 PM to 7 PM to protest #muslimban!
Uber's notification regarding surge pricing went out at 7:36 Eastern Time, after the end of the taxi
drivers» announced
work stoppage.
Critics swiftly accused the ridesharing company of attempting to undermine or profit from a
work stoppage by taxi
drivers that had been called by the New York Taxi Workers Alliance, an AFL - CIO affiliate that represents many immigrants, and whose
work has been largely focused on stopping the encroachment of ride - hailing companies like Uber.