Uber drivers in Glasgow protested outside the company's hub, demanding better pay and job protection. Drivers claim their wages have dropped despite rising prices for customers, with the company taking an unfair share of fares. They also criticize a lack of transparency in Uber's surge pricing system.
Uber drivers have protested outside the company's hub in Glasgow to demand better pay and job protection.
Uber said its drivers were guaranteed the National Living Wage and it regularly engaged with workers through the union. Amir Humza, 27, has been working for Uber in Glasgow for a over a year and says job rates are getting lower "day by day". He added: "They just take their percentage and we don't know what the customer is paying, they just offer us a price.
"Other drivers are desperate to make money so you have to act quick to get it and it could be dangerous."Ewa Zezula-wozniczka, a GMB union representative, said drivers were struggling to earn enough to cover their expenses, including insurance and petrol."We respect our passengers and we would totally love to have every single passenger onboard and take them.
"When you talk to the customer, they're paying top dollar and we're getting a smaller slice," he told BBC Scotland News."The company is making a lot of money, but we're the ones out on the street doing the work."Mr Mcilveen, who is also a union representative for the Glasgow drivers, said Uber needed to improve how it dealt with suspended drivers."They've got no other work to go to apart from going to other companies.
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