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发帖数: 29576 | 1 Anti-Trump protesters are refusing to use Uber
Disgusted Uber customers are deleting the ride-sharing app in droves after
learning that the company defied Saturday’s taxi strike at JFK Airport,
which was aimed at protesting Trump’s newest controversial immigration
policy.
The New York Taxi Workers Alliance had asked drivers to protest Trump’s
agenda — effectively a ban on Muslims entering the U.S.– by not picking up
fares at the airport Saturday night.
Yet Uber continued to not only send its drivers, it turned off its surge
pricing in a attempt to drum up more business.
“Taxis striking at JFK against Muslim ban. Uber, whose CEO advises Trump,
breaking the strike, supporting the ban. Delete delete delete,’’ Meredith
Whittaker tweeted last night, referencing Uber head honcho Travis Kalanick,
who sits on Trump’s board.
“Just deleted #uber. Going 2 be using #Lyft, since I like their integrity,
” Twitter user Rapunzel chimed in Sunday morning. “If you take Trump’s
money, u support the fascist pig. #deleteuber.”
The livery app Lyft also remained operational during the period.
Co-founder and director of “House of Yes” Kae Burke told The Post that she
used to use Uber to transport her performers but deleted the app Sunday
morning and will now use Lyft.
“One of the strongest ways for us to be heard is with our dollars. We have
to be very careful about where we spend our money,” Burke said. “The Uber
people are watching. It’s going to hurt them, and they are going to regret
it.”
While Uber directed its cars to the airport Saturday, CEO Kalanick sang a
different tune on his Facebook page, acknowledging that a number of his
drivers come from affected countries and “take long breaks to go back home
to see their extended family.”
He added that the company is “working out a process to identify and
compensate” drivers currently stuck outside the US and who may be unable to
return due to the ban, in the hopes they can “help mitigate some of the
financial stress and complications with supporting their families and
putting food on the table.”
Kalanick then announced Sunday his company had created a “$3 million legal
defense fund to help drivers with immigration and translation services,” in
addition to providing 24/7 legal and immigration help to affected employees.
A spokesperson for Uber said Sunday that the whole thing was just a big
misunderstanding.
“We’re sorry for any confusion about our earlier tweet, it was not meant
to break up any strike,” the rep said. “We wanted people to know they
could use Uber to get to and from JFK at normal prices, especially tonight.”
By Sunday, the Taxi Workers Alliance had halted the ban on JFK pick-ups and
were instead protesting in Battery Park, a rep said.
“I’m not shocked that uber put its greed above its principles, it does
that every day with its drivers,” said NYTWA spokesperson Bhairavi Desai.
“This is a mass movement. You can feel it. And the people are not going to
be silent.” | C*******h
发帖数: 6095 | 2 无贝尔这下左右都得罪了咋办？不过它的很多司机也同时在里夫特做工，所以司机本身
影响不大。
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【在 T**********e 的大作中提到】
: Anti-Trump protesters are refusing to use Uber
: Disgusted Uber customers are deleting the ride-sharing app in droves after
: learning that the company defied Saturday’s taxi strike at JFK Airport,
: which was aimed at protesting Trump’s newest controversial immigration
: policy.
: The New York Taxi Workers Alliance had asked drivers to protest Trump’s
: agenda — effectively a ban on Muslims entering the U.S.– by not picking up
: fares at the airport Saturday night.
: Yet Uber continued to not only send its drivers, it turned off its surge
: pricing in a attempt to drum up more business.
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发帖数: 3433 | 3 两边都不想得罪，结果现在左右不是人, 赔了夫人又折兵
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【在 T**********e 的大作中提到】
: Anti-Trump protesters are refusing to use Uber
: Disgusted Uber customers are deleting the ride-sharing app in droves after
: learning that the company defied Saturday’s taxi strike at JFK Airport,
: which was aimed at protesting Trump’s newest controversial immigration
: policy.
: The New York Taxi Workers Alliance had asked drivers to protest Trump’s
: agenda — effectively a ban on Muslims entering the U.S.– by not picking up
: fares at the airport Saturday night.
: Yet Uber continued to not only send its drivers, it turned off its surge
: pricing in a attempt to drum up more business.
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