The company Uber warned of a 50 percent increase in prices due to the social security reform for its delivery driverswhich was presented to the Federal Labor Law by President Claudia Sheinbaum.
On October 16, 2024, Claudia Sheinbaum presented an initiative to reform the Federal Labor Law and thus guarantee the labor rights of 658 thousand digital application workers, who do not have social security through the Mexican Social Security Institute (IMSS).
“We are improving the living conditions of delivery workers in Mexico“, explained the federal president in a context in which Didi Food, Uber Eats y Rappi They are three of the food delivery applications with the best positioning in Mexico, according to the mobile data intelligence consultancy, Trecone.
Uber warns of a 50 percent increase in its prices due to Claudia Sheinbaum’s reform
In relation to the topic of Uber and the reform that seeks to promote Claudia Sheinbaumthe company warned that the prices of its services could increase by 40 or 50 percent if the federal president’s initiative is approved.
Uber argues that sYour business would become smaller due to the increase in prices since many customers would stop using the service. In this context, the newspaper El Universal interviewed the director of Public Affairs of Uber, Nicolás Sánchez, who assured that the company is in favor of improve the conditions of its workers.
However, the Uber representative also said that President Claudia Sheinbaum’s reform is based on the “subordination”:
“In the spirit of the rule, we do agree; However, the project that is being evaluated needs to be improved, because it is based on subordination.”
Director of Public Affairs at Uber
In that sense, Nicolás Sánchez said that the reform threatens the flexibility of Uber Eats delivery drivers’ schedules; “The delivery workers and drivers have stated that it is not the way”said Uber’s director of public affairs.
The Uber manager insisted on this point and said that in the United Kingdom there is a scheme in which delivery drivers retain their independence and have some social security benefits, which is why he also gave the case of India as an example:
“In India, a social security fund model was chosen, where by law all platforms have to pay a fee for each effective connection. The fund accumulates these resources and the State administers it to provide social security benefits.”
Director of Public Affairs at Uber
Uber: Claudia Sheinabum’s reform does not threaten flexibility of schedules, explains the Government of Mexico
At rClaudia Sheinbaum’s form involving Uber and other application services seeks to guarantee access to the benefits of the Federal Labor Law, as explained by the Government of Mexico itself.
This is what the president declared Claudia Sheinbaum October 16
“The objective is to regulate and allow workers to have rights protected by law. Some will work two hours a day, that is recognized, they do not need to work full time; some others will work eight hours a day, some work even more. All of this has to be regulated, for what? For the benefit of the workers,” he announced at the morning conference ”Las mañaneras del pueblo.”
In that relationship of ideas, the benefits that we seek to guarantee are:
- Medical care provided by IMSS, payment of utilities
- Access to credit from the Institute of the National Housing Fund for Workers (Infonavit)
- Insurance against work accidents
- Right to the implementation of protocols with a gender perspective to address cases of harassment, bullying and similar
In relation to what was said to El Universal by the Director of Public Affairs of Uber, Nicolás Sánchez, it should be said that the president recognized that this type of scheme almost does not exist in any country:
“Almost no country exists this, but it is mandatory and is part of what we conceive in the Fourth Transformation. There cannot be a work scheme that is outside the law, it must necessarily be incorporated into the Federal Labor Law.”
Claudia Sheinbaum