Ride-share drivers in Atlanta turned off their apps and protested outside one of the world’s busiest airports, demanding better wages as holiday travelers looked for new transportation options, on Saturday. “We want more pay,” the protesters could be heard shouting, in the parking lot of the Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta Airport. The Uber and Lyft drivers began their protest around 4 p.m. – which is reportedly a peak travel time – in an attempt to pressure rideshare companies to raise wages, according to WAGA. "As long as we protest, passengers will continue...

A third victim died overnight following the deadly, wrong-way crash on the Skyway Bridge Wednesday that left multiple people dead.Deputies said the 51-year-old Ohio woman died overnight from her injuries. On Dec. 6 around 10:46 p.m., a driver slammed into a Hillsborough County deputy’s patrol car, killing two people after he crashed into a rideshare car, following the high-speed pursuit. Deputies said the driver, 22-year-old Leosvany Aria Roman, was driving a stolen vehicle, fleeing authorities at 140 mph.When an FHP trooper attempted to stop Roman, he hit the trooper patrol...

An Uber driver rushed his passenger to a hospital after the man was shot in the backseat, Tennessee police said. Stephen Rouse III, 26, died from his injuries, the Metropolitan Nashville Police Department said in a Nov. 26 news release. The driver picked up Rouse at the Citi Trends store shortly before 3 p.m. Nov. 25, police said. The driver told investigators he noticed a white Nissan Maxima with its headlights on parked outside the store when he picked up Rouse. He headed onto Interstate 65 north toward Madison, a...

Metro Nashville police are continuing their search for a suspect Monday after the apparent "targeted" shooting of a rideshare passenger over the weekend. No arrests have been made in the case yet. While police believe this was a targeted incident, it is one more in a number of shootings along Nashville's interstates in recent years. Caitlyn Kaufman, a Nashville nurse, was shot and killed in December 2020 on Interstate 440, while Christopher Spaunhorst was shot and killed on I-24 on Christmas Day last year. Earlier this year, Davidson County Chancellor...

Uber and Lyft agreed to pay drivers in New York state at least $26 per hour and guaranteed paid sick leave—up to seven days a year—as part of a legal settlement with the state’s attorney general, Leticia James. The new minimum wage doesn’t pertain to New York City, which set its own rate for gig drivers several years ago. The main part of the settlement pertained to the ride-hailing companies’...

The twin agreements announced Thursday not only are the largest wage theft settlements secured by James' office, but will drastically reshape rideshare drivers' lives in New York City. Drivers cheated out of wages by Uber and Lyft will respectively receive $290 million and $38 million in back pay, according to the settlements. "For years, Uber and Lyft systematically cheated their drivers out of hundreds of millions of dollars in pay and benefits while they worked long hours in challenging conditions," James said in a statement. "These drivers overwhelmingly come from...

Uber and Lyft will pay drivers in New York a combined $328 million to settle wage theft claims and have agreed to establish a minimum wage and paid sick leave for drivers across the state, Attorney General Letitia James announced Thursday. The settlements resolve allegations that the popular riding-hailing companies improperly charged drivers sales taxes and other fees when those costs should have been paid by customers. Uber will pay $290 million and Lyft will pay $38 million, with the money distributed to current and former drivers, James said. The...

James today announced two landmark settlements totaling $328 million with rideshare companies Uber and Lyft for cheating drivers out of hundreds of millions of dollars. The settlements resolve multi-year investigations into Uber and Lyft, which determined that the companies' policies withheld pay from drivers and prevented them from receiving valuable benefits available under New York labor laws.