Technology,
Antitrust & Trade Reg.
Jun. 22, 2022
Drivers try new tactic in fight with rideshare companies: Antitrust
The complaint argues at its core that Uber and Lyft’s conduct “harms competition in both the labor market as well as the consumer market. Customers pay more, and drivers earn less.”
Drivers sued Uber and Lyft Tuesday, saying the companies engaged in fare price-fixing, which deprives the drivers of the freedoms of the independent contractors while also denying them employee benefits.
Uber and Lyft fought hard to defend the classification of its drivers for years, including by winning voter support for a ballot measure in 2020 that said app-based companies like Uber and Lyft are exempt from otherwise-applicable employme...
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