London Offers Unique Ride-Sharing Service With Uber Boat
Bella Breakdown London offers a wide variety of public transport including the tube, buses, ride-sharing services, and now Uber Boat. This new ferry service integration is the latest marketing program for Uber and offers a unique way to get around the city of London. Rather than a ride-sharing service, this new program is actually a ferry integration program partnered with Uber. Uber Boat is made possible through the partnership with the city of London’s commuter ferry service, Thames Clippers, to help rebrand the Thames Clippers ferries to give travelers a unique option for public transportation. The program utilizes the...
Canadian Uber Drivers Are Unionizing
Bella Breakdown Tired of the treatment, some Uber drivers have decided to unionize. Drivers for the tech company’s Toronto base announced their plans to work with the United Food and Commercial Workers Canada, or UFCWC, for three reasons. To implement a standard, $15 per hour minimum wage; basic worker benefits such as sick days, vacation days, and breaks; an end to the Uber app’s user-based rating system. A spokesperson told the Pacific Standard. Since the very beginning, Uber drivers have been considered independent contractors. Which creates a bigger issue because independent contractors are not allowed to unionize. Officials at...
Uber Launches Submarine Tours Of Great Barrier Reef
Bella Breakdown Uber may not be a favorite among its employees or in the stock market, but that’s not stopping the ride-share company from expanding its services. The world’s first scUber ride departs Heron Island on May 27 and will cost $1,500 per person. As part of the services, the passenger will dive down to a maximum of 30 meters, which is around the same levels reached by the most advanced scuba divers. They’ll also get a view of Australia’s most recognizable World Heritage Site in a battery-powered submarine. The ride will take one hour and will only operate...
Uber Stock Continues To Plunge After Failed IPO
Bella Breakdown The bad news continues to come for once unstoppable tech company Uber. Just days after going public, the ride-share company’s stock has reached a new low in the stock exchange calling its future of making profits into question. Just days after Lyft and Uber employees went on strike last Wednesday due to unfair wages and compensation and going public Uber Technologies’ shares closed down 10.8% on Monday. More than doubling their losses since the ride-hailing giant’s poorly received Wall Street debut. “The stock “did not trade as well as we had hoped post-IPO,” Chief Executive Dara Khosrowshahi...
Your Uber And Lyft Driver Are Keeping It In Park Due To A Strike
Bella Breakdown By this time today, you may have noticed that there were less Uber and Lyft drivers on the road. That’s because employees of the ride-share companies planned a massive strike for today demanding more compensation. The news of the strike comes just before Uber goes public, which is scheduled to take place this Friday. The company is estimated to be worth up to $91.5 billion after raising $9 billion from investors. This wouldn’t be the first time employees of Uber and Lyft tried to organize a protest. The same thing happened just last month around the time...
