Uber and Taxify drivers call for strike in solidarity with blocked colleagues
Some drivers were blocked after an earlier strike, to press demands for a fare increase, and now drivers in Joburg are calling on colleagues to protest by going offline
Uber and Taxify drivers in Johannesburg have called on their colleagues to protest by going offline on Friday.The protest is in response to some drivers allegedly being targeted by Uber after handing a memorandum of demands to the company earlier in the week.Operators embarked on a strike on Tuesday and presented the memorandum to Uber‚ demanding among other things that fare prices be increased.A general task team of Uber and Taxify operators said on Friday that the memorandum submitted to Uber had been given no consideration and their requests had been ignored."After submitting our memorandum on Tuesday‚ Uber responded by blocking several drivers‚ stating that their participation in a legally protected strike is a punishable action and refusing these drivers any right to appeal‚" said the task team‚ calling the organisation’s actions "arrogant"."However‚ we will with absolute certainty be heard — at any cost necessary. We are continuing with our complete shutdown and call for all d...
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