ADCU calls for immediate dismissal of Uber executive board member Gore-Coty after Uber Files scandal
Updated: Jul 12, 2022
Private hire union, the App Drivers and Couriers Union (ADCU), has demanded the immediate sacking of Uber's SVP for delivery and executive board member Pierre-Dimitri Gore-Coty in the wake of the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists (ICIJ) Uber Files scandal.
Gore-Coty is reported to have maintained a "playbook to fight enforcement" and deployed a monitoring tool called 'Heaven' to idenitfy and cancel bookings made by regulatory inspectors acting incognito.
The ADCU claim Uber are in breach of a 2018 licence condition set by Chief Magistrate of the Westminster Magistrate Court that Uber must not employ any senior staff who were involved in such activity designed to thwart regulatory oversight in the UK or in any other jurisdiction.
However, rather than sack Gore-Coty, new CEO Dara Khosrowshahi promoted him to the executive board.
James Farrar, General Secretary, and Yaseen Aslam, President, said in their joint letter: "Regulatory control in rideshare exists for the safety of both drivers and the travelling public. We have all seen the tragic results of Uber’s unethical & exploitative management conduct which too often, directly or indirectly, places passengers and drivers at risk of death or injury. Gore-Coty did not just passively ignore regulations, he led a management initiative to thwart regulatory oversight and defy enforcement. In his current role as SVP for delivery, a market that is less regulated even than rideshare, Gore-Coty presents a very serious risk to the safety of millions of vulnerable UberEats couriers worldwide. For these reasons, we are demanding the immediate dismissal of Pierre-Dimitri Gore-Coty by the CEO and board of directors of Uber."
Around 124,000 documents were leaked to the Guardian and other ICIJ members which highlighted business practices at the peak of Uber’s worldwide growth. The thousands of emails, WhatsApp messages and iMessages revealed how the operator duped police, exploited violence against drivers and secretly lobbied governments across the world.
