AMMAN —
Careem drivers plan a three-hour strike on Sunday to protest against
deductibles from wages, AmmanNet reported.
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During the 7-10am
strike, the drivers will close the application, declining customer requests.
The strike is in response to Careem’s failure to
respond to the drivers’ demands to reduce the deductible levied by the company
from each trip from 20 to 15 percent, and to adhere to the pricing of the
Land Transport Regulatory Authority, according to AmmanNet.
Another reason is
to have the waiting period included in the pricing. Currently, the waiting time
is not calculated and many drivers, known as ‘’captains’’ waste gasoline and
time in traffic jams without getting paid, said Mohammed Abu Mushrraff, a
member of the Union of Captains of Smart Applications which includes Careem.
‘’The company is
dealing with captains unjustly,’’ he said, adding that was due to the absence
of a ‘’real authority that protects them and defends their rights’’.
Abu Musharraf
explained to the “
Jordanian Labor Observatory” that the drivers will stage
another strike, next Tuesday, if Careem did not respond to their demands.
Many captains working on
smart transport applications demanded the establishment of a special union for
them in order to protect them from “app injustices” and defend their rights,
especially in the absence of any role of the Ministry of Transport and the Land
Transport Regulatory Authority.
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