In reply to declaration from the president Dilma Rousseff, who stated that the Uber “takes a lot of people out of work”, those responsible for the application published a statement where they claim that by October 2016 they will create 30 thousand job opportunities in Brazil. 452v6i
O Uber states that today about 5 thousand people work using the platform in the country and that the promise was made taking into growth projections observed so far. In addition, data were used from markets where the application has been operating for a longer time and which have similar profiles to Brazilian cities, such as Mexico City, which recently created a regulation for this market.
According to the company, the 30 jobs are equivalent to five car factories of medium size. Last week, the City Council of goes for the Rio de Janeiro.
In some cities, the app came out victorious. On Federal District, Governor Rollemberg vetoed the Bill, recognized as unconstitutional by the OAB-DF, which would limit the scope of innovation in the DF's transport policies. Already in Victory, in Espírito Santo, Mayor Luciano Rezende declared that he will veto a Bill ed by the City Council that aimed to bar services such as those of Uber.
