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14 May 2022

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Jordan News

Careem drivers stop work for three hours on Sunday, asking that their demands be met

Hundreds of drivers who work for Careem rideshare company said they will observe a three-hour strike today, to protest against the injustices they are subjected to by the company...

Mohammed Abu Mushref, a member of the Union of Captains of Smart Applications that includes Careem, [said] that one of the drivers’ most prominent demands is “to reduce the sum deducted by the companies for each trip from 20 to 15 percent, and to adhere to the LTRC pricing”...

Consultations and repeated demands have not helped, he said, “so we gave up on some of them, but those that remained are basic and most important...adding that things are bound the escalate “as we will not remain silent about our rights and will not give up till achieving our demands”...

Lawrence Rifai, a spokesman for the drivers, told Jordan News that “the company mistreats drivers or treats them with superiority”, and issues arbitrary bans from time to time “and as a result they are prevented from working”...

Abla Weshah, LTRC spokesperson, told Jordan News that the commission will “address the responsible authorities to find out what the government tax is”, adding that “even though this matter is not related to the commission, we will do so to support the drivers”...

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