Friday, 20 January 2017

Weekly New/Digital Media Homework 20/01/17

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-38686787

Uber is an app which allows people to get a ride and are having to pay out 20million to the drivers.
  • UberX can make in a year is more than $90,000 in New York and more than $74,000 in San Francisco
  • for drivers working a 40 hour week - was significantly less ($29,000 and $21,000 less, respectively)
  • fewer than 20% of drivers earned $16 an hour. Chicago - fewer than 20% earned $21. Minneapolis - 10%, $18. And so on.
  • On Thursday, Uber agreed to pay $20m to those drivers in order to settle the claim. 
  • The regulator said drivers were paying an average of $200 per week - higher than first advertised.
I think that Uber is a good app and has developed well with new technology which is why it is so successful and for uber to succeed they need to allow themselves to pay their workers correctly.

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