The Latest Uber Lyft Antitrust Lawsuit - What It Is And Why You Should Care
Channel: AAcreation911
Date: 25/08/2022

Let's talk about this new lawsuit against uber and lyft

The Antitrust Lawsuit Against Uber & Lyft.
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For more information on the court case or to talk to the team you can visit their site here:

https://love4allhate4none.org/lyft-uber-showmethemoneyclub/

https://towardsjustice.org/case_studies/uber-lyft-investigation/

Sergio and Chris from #therideshareguy,

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OZRKfuN1jnY&list=PLd3Ib7c8WespltglWFoXg3V8Qo8-dwKLb&index=25&t=770s&ab_channel=TheRideshareGuy  

are talking to a legal team that is in a first of its kind class action lawsuit. 

Gill et al. v. Uber & Lyft is a class action case filed in state court in California that alleges that Uber and Lyft are violating California antitrust and unfair competition law by classifying their drivers as independent contractors but denying them the autonomy that being an independent contractor involves and more!

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Guests / Speaker List: 

David Seligman
Ben Valdez
Nicole Moore
Rachel Dempsey

And all those are the plaintiffs on the latest antitrust lawsuit against uber and lyft rideshare companies.

Nicole Moore, she's the head of Drivers United, a local based group with our guys, up to 20K rideshare / gig workers. 

Let's talk about this latest lawsuit, the antitrust lawsuit against Uber and Lyft.

I'm David Seligman. I'm an attorney and the executive director of towardsjustice.org. We're a nonprofit legal organization that litigate on behalf of workers. And I am Rachel Dempsey. I'm a staff attorney also at Towards Justice. 

I'm Ben Valdez. I'm a truck driver for both Uber and Lyft, just over 10,000 rides. And I've been driving since 2015. Right. 

I'm Nicole more I'm a part time driver and I'm one of the founders of Rideshare Drivers United and currently the president. And I'm hoping to be a class in this lawsuit at some point. 

David, can you explain what the suit is about?
So we are representing three drivers, including Ben, and bringing a proposed class action lawsuit in California. And those drivers are seeking to represent a class of all drivers in California who opted out or endless arbitration clauses. So to Nicole's point about being a class member here, we'll talk more, Rachel.

We'll talk a little bit more about what people's rights are and what they should know if they think that they are a potential class member, if the case proceeds and proceeds of the class action. 

But just to give a brief overview of what the case is and what it's about, the core of this case is the argument that Uber and Lyft can't have it both ways.

So on the one, they can't, on the one hand, deny their workers the benefits of employee status, like minimum wage and all the other protections, without also giving them the economy and independence that the antitrust laws require to be extended to independent contractors. So, you know, for example, it is legal, we allege under California law for Uber and Lyft to fix prices that are charged to two riders across the platforms to deny their drivers the flexibility and autonomy to set prices for themselves.

That is, we allege, a violation of the antitrust laws in California antitrust law. In addition, we allege that various of Uber's endless practices are illegal as being unfair and deceptive. 

So, for example, we allege that Uber and Lyft fail to provide drivers with information about the destination of rides, information that's not conditioned on a certain minimum acceptance rate, for example, but their failure to provide information about the destination of rides in advance of accepting a ride is illegal.

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