The Uber Technologies Inc. ride-hailing service smartphone app sits on a smartphone display in this arranged photograph at a taxi rank in Madrid, Spain, on Friday, Jan. 13, 2017. Ride-hailing service Uber Technologies has launched its first electric car taxi service in Madrid, operating a fleet of Tesla Motors Inc. Model S electric vehicles. Photographer: Angel Navarrete/Bloomberg
Uber Technologies Inc is curbing its one-size-fits-all strategy by drafting a driver support scheme catered to France, specifically designed to sway local unions threatening to protest in Paris.
After weeks of negotiating under the state’s watch, the car-hailing app has proposed to bring its employees together with French drivers’ union and government representatives in a committee that will award financial help to chauffeurs.
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