Uber said it needed several hundred drivers to sign up in order to launch the service.
But many London cabdrivers had a scathing response.
“We don’t need a partnership with Uber,” said the Licensed Taxi Drivers Association, a union that represents a majority of the city’s nearly 18,000 cabdrivers, in the headline of a release on Wednesday.
There was “no demand” for such a partnership from taxi drivers, the union’s general secretary, Steve McNamara, said in a statement, adding that their members were unlikely to even consider joining the platform.
“If they were offering double the meter and no commission, I still wouldn’t sign up with them.”
Persons:
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Organizations:
Taxi Drivers Association
Locations:
London