California Federal Judge: Uber’s Safe Rides Fee Changes Violate Drivers’ Contracts

Mealey's (March 13, 2018, 1:36 PM EDT) -- OAKLAND, Calif. — A California federal judge on March 8 certified a class of drivers working as independent contractors for a ridesharing company, granted the drivers summary judgment on their claims that changes to fares by including a “Safe Rides Fee” breached the drivers’ contracts and stated that the fact that drivers’ fares remained unchanged was a “red herring” (Chuck Congdon, et al. v. Uber Technologies, Inc., et al., No. 16-2499, N.D. Calif., 2018 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 38473)....