Uber quick to comply with some driver demands and help fight the petrol price
Uber said on Tuesday that it had introduced incentives to cover the cost of the most recent petrol increases for June and July.The comment came after the company received a memorandum from a number of its "driver-partners"‚ who embarked on a strike on Tuesday to demand that Uber increase its fees.The operators drove from Zoo Lake to the Uber offices in Kramerville‚ Johannesburg‚ to demand that all prices charged by Uber must increase‚ with a base fare of R50.The operators also demanded that they get a bigger share from their profit-sharing agreement with the company and that Uber reduce the 25% share it deducted from every operator’s trip to 15%.In response to the protest‚ Uber said it was committed to doing as much as possible to ensure Uber remained a meaningful earning opportunity for its partners."Understandably‚ partners are concerned about their earnings given the consecutive petrol price increases which have increased their cost of doing business‚" Uber Sub-Saharan Africa GM...
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