'A South Florida Uber driver is finally challenging the ride-sharing company’s no-gun policy. Jose Mejia, who has been a part-time driver for Uber for over a year now, filed a class action lawsuit earlier this month, claiming the company is infringing on his Second Amendment rights. Since 2015, Uber has prohibited all drivers and riders from carrying inside any vehicle while using the app, even if that person is legally permitted to carry in that state.' I think he has them Surce:https://bearingarms.com/erika-h/2017/08/23/driver-sues-uber-no-gun-policy/
Doubtful he will win since Florida has already decided that the drivers are independent contractors which makes them not a "customer, employee, or invitee of a business entity" within the statute upon which he relies.
Which makes no sense as more than one Uber driver has effectively intervened to save lives with legally carried firearms. Apparently, Uber prefers innocent people dead.
As much as I dislike Uber's policy,they have the right to set company polices and procedures. How many of us here would be allowed to carry to our jobs?
Are the motor vehicles utilized by Uber drivers their own private property? Or are they property that is maintained, owned, and provided by the company?
They are under a contract ..what they do in there own personal time is up to them. If they don't want to obey company policy..just quit. . .
Not that I'm aware of. But after Uber drivers saved lives, for Uber to then enact such an arbitrary policy makes no sense except as a political statement in opposition to armed defense.
No, Uber didn't have an anti-gun policy before the incident. A few weeks after it, they announced the anti-Gun rule. http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/...er-shoots-gunman-met-0420-20150419-story.html The above happened in April 2015. http://concealednation.org/2015/06/...lives-with-firearm-enacts-no-firearms-policy/ The above happened in June 2015.
So after a Uber driver saves lives and promotes a positive P.R. for the company..they have this great idea to ban guns? How retarded. .
It's not a job, it's a contract, and the car is not Uber's property. It would be no different than your employer telling you that it's against company policy for you to be a gun owner. That being said, Uber has a right to terminate a contract with anyone it wants.
Bad analogy, the company can't tell me not to be a gun owner outside of work. They can tell me not to bring a gun on company property. Uber has the right to say no guns while driving for uber as long as it was spelled out in the contract.They can't tell their drivers no guns outside of the job.
