SAN FRANCISCO (CBS SF) — Some angry Uber customers were accusing the ride-sharing app of “strikebreaking” after the company continued to pick up passengers during airport protests at John F. Kennedy International after taxis decided to strike in solidarity.
The hashtag #DeleteUber quickly ignited the Twittersphere and spurred some customers to delete the app from their phones.
Briefly, Uber tweeted it was lifting surge pricing, fueling the backlash and sparking accusations the company was profiting from the strike.
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The New York Taxi Workers Alliance called for the one-hour strike. Many of its members are Muslim.
San Francisco-based Uber issued a response later, saying “…it was not meant to break up any strike. We wanted people to know they could use Uber to get to and from JFK at normal prices, especially tonight.”
Lyft also operated during the strike, but managed to escape the backlash. The company has announced it will donate $1 million over the next four years to help oppose the immigration ban.
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SF = number 1 in the A..hole of Ca, Nbr 2 is LA, so no surprise.
Ca = N Mexico, so nothing is surprising what comes of of this asylum.
Brilliant PR Democrats: Bring financial harm to Uber drivers to protest their helping get people to/from the airport in a time of need. In a deep-blue area at that.
What the hell is it with the Left that anyone who does not toe their line on matters such as this becomes subject to their PC-wrath?
The Democrats should be very open and introspective about not just the last election, but the fact they’ve lost both the House and Senate and more state legislature and governor seats than at any 8 year span in their history.
Geez, and they wonder why Trump got elected? Clueless. Utterly clueless.
Democrats are doubling down on the arrogance and hubris that *earned* them the losses and the inevitable losses to come in the future.
I will double my uber rides