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deleteUber Movement timeline outline
- Taxi Union on strike for hour at JFK airport in opposition of Trump's travel ban

- Uber announces their halt of surge pricing 1/2 hour after the strike

- People feel that Uber is taking advantage of the strike and indirectly supporting the ban, they start deleting the app

- Kalanick dropped from Trumps business council

- Susan B Fowler blog post gains popularity

- resurgence of hashtag

- kalanick filmed arguing with Uber driver

-kalanick leaves Uber indefinitely

important bc boycott entirely orchestrated through social media. shows how online media can have long term impact's on company's success and longevity

Sources: Kimura, Hugh. “Lyft Passes Uber in Downloads, on Trump Backlash.” Mobile Action, 19 May 2017, www.mobileaction.co/blog/lyft-passes-uber-downloads/.

Isaac, Mike. “Uber C.E.O. to Leave Trump Advisory Council After Criticism.” The New York Times, 2 Feb. 2017, www.nytimes.com/2017/02/02/technology/uber-ceo-travis-kalanick-trump-advisory-council.html.

Shen, Lucinda. “200,000 Uber Users Have Deleted the App.” Fortune, 3 Feb. 2017, fortune.com/2017/02/03/uber-lyft-delete-donald-trump-executive-order/.

Fowler, Susan J. . “Reflecting on one very, very strange year at Uber.” Susan J. Fowler, 19 Feb. 2017, www.susanjfowler.com/blog/2017/2/19/reflecting-on-one-very-strange-year-at-uber.

Reilly, Katie. “Every Event That Led to Uber CEO Travis Kalanick's Resignation.” Fortune, 21 June 2017, fortune.com/2017/06/21/uber-controversy-timeline-travis-kalanick/

“Uber CEO Says He Needs to 'Grow Up' After Video Shows Him Arguing with a Driver.” Edited by Fortune Editors and Reuters, Fortune, 28 Feb. 2017,fortune.com/2017/02/28/uber-ceo-video-kalanick-driver/.

Bhuiyan, Kara Swisher and Johana. “Uber CEO Kalanick advised employees on sex rules for a company celebration in 2013 'Miami letter'.” Recode, 8 June 2017, www.recode.net/2017/6/8/15765514/2013-miami-letter-uber-ceo-kalanick-employees-sex-rules-company-celebration.


 * 1) REDIRECT Consumer Boycott