UberBlack drivers Ali Razak, left, and Kenan Sabani, two of the men suing Uber over how the company classifies its workers, stand next to a vehicle along Walnut Street near 17th Street in Center City. (Alejandro A. Alvarez/Philadelphia Inquirer/TNS)
PHILADELPHIA: A lawsuit filed by three Philadelphia drivers could pose an existential threat to Uber, the tech giant reported in documents prepared in advance of it becoming a publicly traded company.
The suit from drivers for Uber's black car service in 2016 challenges one of the foundational principles of the ride-share business model – that drivers are independent contractors, not employees.
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