Uber and Lyft drivers say apps are short-changing wages while raising fares
Drivers for both ridesharing companies say riders are paying more for price surges, but drivers aren’t receiving extra pay
Ridesharing companies Uber and Lyft have taken more than 11 billion people for a ride in their relatively short life. And yet the two companies have yet to make a cent in profits. Now, as the companies go public, some drivers think they may have spotted one way the companies plan to close that gap: increasing prices while short-changing drivers.
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