Passengers are being urged not to use Uber during a strike by drivers in Bristol this Wednesday (December 14) over changes to the Uber fare system which drivers said resulted in a significant pay cut. They will be holding a protest outside the Uber Bristol offices in St Pauls at 1pm before driving through the City Centre and onto Clifton Down during the 24-hour strike period which begins at Midnight on Tuesday.
The App Drivers and Couriers Union (ADCU) which represents Uber drivers across the country has already taken the company to court over drivers taking home less than the minimum wage and being left without holiday or sick pay. They are now calling for ‘smart pricing’ to be scrapped.
Uber’s current pricing system means that mileage is calculated as the crow flies without taking into account the mileage of the actual route. Shaban Ali who works for Uber in Bristol said that he is having to work almost double the hours to take home the same amount of pay as he did last year.
