Pimlico Plumbers Loses Appeal Against Self-Employed Status : Uber Next ?
Pimlico Plumbers has lost a court battle over the status of its workers, in the latest legal ruling on employment status in the gig economy.It came as the government released a report warning that...
View ArticleOperation Watch TfL Update : Operation Neon....Tactical Or Political,Truth Or...
So, Operation neon's main purpose was supposed to be -to disrupt and deter touting and illegal plying for hire- Every driver I've spoken to, who'd asked COs (when in the process of a badge and Bill...
View ArticleYork Cabbies Threaten Dramatic New Uber Protest - More Proof Of UberBeing...
A dashcam video clip, showing an Uber car driving the wrong way along York's Nunnery Lane.CABBIES have voted to block York city centre unless council bosses heed their angry protests against Uber...
View ArticleTaxi Repeatedly Rams Into Uber Cars On Old Airport Road.
SINGAPORE - A 69-year-old taxi driver is assisting with police investigations after he repeatedly rammed his taxi into several Uber cars outside the Old Airport Road Food Centre on Saturday (Feb 11)...
View ArticlePatience Isn't A Virtue I'm Blessed With.... by Harry Wall.
Driver lead, direct action..D-Day approaches.Another week closer to D-Day in May and still no sign of the orgs meeting up to plan a joint strategy to fight for our survival, they're all still...
View ArticleTaxis To Be Deregulated And Replaced By Uber Down Under
Melbourne taxi drivers have staged two demonstrations in protest against the state government's scheme to buy back their taxi licences.Up to 200 taxis blocked the Bolte Bridge as part of the protest at...
View ArticleCheating husband sues Uber for revealing affair to his wifeand 'causing their...
A businessman is suing the company Uberafter it tipped off his wife about his affair. The app-based company, which acts as a instant hail minicar app service allowing people to hail nearby cars to...
View ArticleThe Shame Of Transport For London : Party To A Nationwide Illegal Trade
Again, we see TfL registered private hire vehicles, using the Uber App to do local pick ups and drop offs, many miles from the area they're licensed to work in.We've seen TfL registered vehicles...
View ArticleStatement From The Independent Taxi Alliance (ITA) ..... Back ToIndustrial...
RETURN TO DIRECT ACTION! The City of London and corrupt TfL leave us no choice. We're not standing-by and watching the death of our trade, by starvation!...
View ArticleAre Uber Giving TfL The Big Finger. Plus, The Glasgow Ice CreamWars.... By...
Why do you think TfL 'lent' their policy officer to DfT.... to roll out minimum standards nationwide without proper parliamentary scrutiny of any law change?TfL license these vehicle and are the...
View ArticleNational Campaign Save Taxis & Private Hire from unregulated Uber withTFL...
PLEASE SHARE THIS PETITION WITH AS MANY PEOPLE AS POSSIBLE.EMAIL, TWEET AND POST ON YOUR WEBSITE.ASK YOUR MP TO SUPPORT THIS...
View ArticleWhen They Say "It's Not About The Money"....Its ALL About The Money. ByHarry...
We all know why Uber want our trade and that they'll go to any financial lengths to get it. But it's not just Uber stealing our pie and that's the big problem, it's worth millions elsewhere too.Those...
View ArticleBlah Blah Land Is Over. It's Kill Or Be Killed Now....by Semtex. 8829
Nobody is or should be, more powerful than the Laws of our Land. That is, it appears, unless you are Uber.As in all professions, trades and industries in the UK, there are laws, regulations and...
View ArticleUber driver fined £680 for illegally picking up passenger in Reading
Aldin Stefanov was caught illegally plying for hire when he picked up a Reading Borough Council licensing officer on Sunday, August 27An Uber driver has been hit with a £680 fine after he was caught...
View ArticleMore than 500 old taxis to be forced off Birmingham streets - anddrivers are...
More than 500 black taxi cabs could be run off the road by stringent new anti-pollution measures in what has been called a ‘catastrophe’ for the trade.Details of the new clean air policy were debated...
View ArticleUber loses GST fight with the Tax Office.
More than 50,000 Uber drivers in Australia will have to pay 10 per cent GST from the first dollar they earn after the ridesharing app lost a 18-month battle with the Australian Tax Office.In a decision...
View ArticleItaly's Taxi Drivers, Stage Wildcat Strike Over Pro-Uber Bill
Rome airports practically without taxis as drivers protest parliament vote.Italy's taxi drivers are striking ahead of a senate vote on a raft of measures which they say could favour multinational...
View ArticleBasildon Cabbies In Limbo As Residents Park In Taxi Bays. CouncilRefuses To...
Cab drivers cannot access their waiting bays outside Basildon station.TAXI drivers have been left in limbo by a disagreement over whether their waiting bays at Basildon train station are still...
View ArticleCAMPAIGN TO SAVE TAXIS & PRIVATE HIRE FROM UNREGULATED UBER WITH TFLPUBLIC...
A National Day of Protest by Taxi and Private Hire Drivers is being organised for Tuesday 28th February calling for an urgent Public Inquiry into Transport For London who have issued thousands of...
View ArticleRepairing Broken Boundaries : by Lee Ward.
Since my post on Taxi Leaks, and also printed in PHTM named Uber Boundaries, Bent or Broken? (Link found here) I have now evolved this issue to repair the boundaries that have been bent or broken, and...
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