Uber is the target of a nationwide protest by TVDE drivers, denouncing commissions that are higher than the legal limit and at unsustainable rates.
TVDE drivers nationwide are being mobilized for a national strike against the tariffs, imposed by Uber.
During two periods of the day, between 7:00 and 10:00 and between 17:00 and 20:00, drivers threaten to “turn off the Uber app and continue to operate only on Bolt, in protest against the abusive practices of the platform, which is charging commissions above those permitted by Law No. 45/2018, financially suffocating thousands of drivers in Portugal”.
“This strike is to enforce the law in Portugal. Right now we are working with very low fares in which Uber takes more than half of the value of our work”, says Tiago Sousa, leader of the movement promoting the strike.
The Portuguese Association of Transporters in Unmarked Vehicles (APTAD) say that “this strike is a form of protest against the extremely low income that the Uber platform continues to impose on drivers”.
“At the beginning of 2025, APTAD sent the electronic platforms and the Mobility and Transport Authority ( AMT ) the real cost values per kilometer and per minute of TVDE operators, arguing that they should be implemented as a minimum sustainability reference. The platforms completely ignored these values, continuing to operate with prices well below the real operating costs”, added APTAD in a statement.
The association also adds that it “supports and will always support all initiatives that bring visibility and public pressure to the real structural problem of the sector: the miserable rates charged by TVDE platforms, which undermine any prospect of fair profitability for drivers and operating companies”.
Source https://postal.pt/
