Sunday 18 December 2016

 Three day strike of VTC (P.H.) drivers in France

The French government waded into a row over Uber’s cut-price taxi service on Friday, urging local representatives of the U.S. app-based business to give its drivers a proper hearing after two days of noisy protests over their working conditions.

The California-based startup whose cab service has expanded exponentially worldwide stands accused in France and elsewhere of bypassing national labour protection standards and shunning collective negotiation with drivers who work on freelance terms.

The French government appeal came as protesting Uber drivers jammed access roads to the two main airports outside Paris, in some cases provoking heated exchanges with motorists and people obliged to finish their journeys to the airport on foot.





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Two Twitter Video's


https://twitter.com/MalikZaza2/status/810143170545721344

https://twitter.com/Deurboussi/status/810203774954459138

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The drivers want Uber, the biggest of several app-based car services that have sprouted in competition with traditional licensed taxi firms, to heed their grievances over pricing and work conditions, saying it is increasingly hard to make a living.

http://fortune.com/2016/12/16/france-uber-protest/

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