Uber is asking its London customers for help in contacting the Mayor of London to fight new rules imposed by Transport for London which it believes will “threaten the livelihood of thousands of drivers”. The company has been hit with a series of complaints from drivers who say they have had their earnings cut and are being forced out of business because of Uber’s decision not to pay them on time. The new laws Uber is fighting against include forcing drivers to sit an English exam that is “harder than the test for British citizenship" and costly and unnecessary insurance obligations for part-time drivers.
Uber is asking its London customers for help in contacting the Mayor of London to fight new rules imposed by Transport for London which it believes will “threaten the livelihood of thousands of drivers”. The knock-on effect of the laws, according to Uber, will be a decrease in the availability of drivers and therefore much longer waiting times for customers. The new laws Uber is fighting against include forcing drivers to sit an English exam that is “harder than the test for British citizenship" and costly and unnecessary insurance obligations for part-time drivers.