Is Uber shortchanging drivers? As part of lawsuit, over 9,000 now say yes
by Cyrus Farivar from Ars Technica - All content on (#3G25X)
Enlarge / The Uber ride sharing app is seen on a mobile phone on February 12, 2018. (credit: Jaap Arriens/NurPhoto via Getty Images)
A North Carolina Uber driver who says he was consistently underpaid by the rideshare giant has now been allowed to represent a class of over 9,000 similarly affected drivers.
San Francisco-based US District Judge William Alsup, who coincidentally also recently oversaw the brief Waymo v. Uber trial, formally certified the case as a class-action lawsuit on Wednesday.
The suit, Dulberg v. Uber, was filed nearly a year ago in federal court. It alleges that Martin Dulberg and other drivers like him are consistently underpaid based on the company's own formula.
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