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Uber CEO Quits Trump’s Economic Advisory Council

HeadlineFeb 03, 2017

After widespread protests, Uber CEO Travis Kalanick has stepped down from Trump’s Economic Advisory Council. Over the last week, thousands of people deleted the Uber app from their phones, after the company turned off surge pricing at JFK airport Saturday in a move many saw as an attempt to break the New York Taxi Workers Alliance strike on picking up travelers from JFK airport in solidarity with the massive protests that had erupted there over Trump’s immigration ban. On Trump’s Inauguration Day, activists chained themselves to each other to shut down the headquarters of Uber in San Francisco.

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