FILE - In this Nov. 6, 2019, file photo, a restaurant advertises Uber Eats in the Coconut Grove ... [+] neighborhood in Miami. First up: the elephant in the roomLikely the most startling and impacting Uber news lately is its potential purchase of Grubhub, a direct competitor of Uber’s Eats division. As Megan Rose Dickey reported for TechCrunch, “Earlier this month, Uber Eats pulled out of the Czech Republic, Egypt, Honduras, Romania, Saudi Arabia, Uruguay and Ukraine. Uber drivers in the US and UK have also become ill or in some cases died in recent weeks, at times after likely contracting COVID-19 viral illness from a rider. For example, Uber Eats workers in Toronto have organized a regular boycott to protest the unsafe conditions and comparatively meager pay they say they’ve seen.

Source: Forbes May 20, 2020 18:11 UTC