Uber Technology, a U.S. ride-hailing service provider, was accused of violating the U.S. Civil Rights Act because it fired minority drivers based on passenger reviews .
On Monday, local time, former Uber driver Thomas Liu, representing the company’s national non-white drivers, filed a lawsuit against Uber in the San Francisco Federal District Court. He alleged in the lawsuit filed that “Uber is aware that passengers discriminate in the evaluation of drivers, but Uber still continues to use this evaluation system. Therefore, Uber should be held responsible for the intentional racial discrimination.”
In fact, four years ago, Thomas Liu filed a complaint with the U.S. Fair Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) for the first time about Uber’s behavior. He further sued the court.
The lawsuit filed by Thomas Liu in the court stated that Uber encourages passengers to rate drivers, and based on the scores, the drivers will be rated from 1 to 5 stars, ultimately allowing employees with poor average scores and ratings to “stop work.” He said that he often suffered prejudice and discrimination when he opened a car-hailing service for Uber in San Diego. For example, when a passenger sees his photo, he sometimes cancels his service or asks him some unfriendly questions. In October 2015, Uber terminated his job because his passengers gave him an average score below the lowest 4.6 points.
Uber insists that its drivers are independent contractors and are not protected by the U.S. Civil Rights Act of 1964. However, the lawsuit alleges that Uber has sufficient control over the drivers and fully relies on the labor of the drivers. According to the Civil Rights Act, they should be employees.
In response to the above news, Uber did not immediately respond to a request for comment from the media.
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