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Deliveroo and Uber Eats riders strike on Valentine’s Day
BBC – Takeaway delivery drivers are striking on Valentine’s Day to demand better pay and improved working conditions. The action, impacting four food apps including
Why Rideshare App Drivers Are Striking on Valentine’s Day
TIME Magazine | Thousands of rideshare app drivers are going on strike on Valentine’s Day across 10 U.S. cities to protest low wages and poor
If You’re Ordering From A Delivery App During Extreme Weather, You’re Likely Not Tipping Enough
HuffPost | If you’re ordering chicken nuggets or Pad Thai when the air quality is officially “hazardous” to breathe, you probably should be tipping more.
APP WORKERS EXPRESS OUTRAGE AT APPROVAL OF PERMIT TO BEGIN TESTING OF DRIVERLESS WAYMO CARS IN NEW YORK CITY
The Justice for App Workers coalition demands immediate action from New York lawmakers to halt testing of autonomous vehicles, before it’s too late New York,
Uber, Lyft, Grubhub and other drivers are striking on May 1. Here’s why and what they are demanding
The Tennessean | Your Lyft or Uber Eats order might be delayed on Wednesday. Rideshare and delivery drivers across Nashville will join a national strike
Metro Atlanta Uber, Lyft drivers strike on May Day over pay
Fox 5 Atlanta | Atlanta Uber and Lyft drivers joined a National Day of Action Wednesday called May Day. They are demanding fair pay and
CT rideshare drivers to rally to turn up pressure for better pay, job security. ‘We pray’ for tips.
Hartford Courant | Rideshare drivers in Connecticut are being urged to support a new campaign to turn up the pressure on Uber and Lyft, demanding
Should New York City allow self-driving cars?
Spectrum News New York | Mayor Eric Adams recently announced that the city has opened applications for companies seeking permits to test their autonomous vehicles
Food delivery fees have soared. How much of it goes to workers?
VOX | No one is happy about the delivery apps. Not the customers, who feel gouged by an avalanche of fees. Not restaurants, who feel
PROTECTING WORKERS AND PUBLIC SAFETY: A CALL AGAINST AUTONOMOUS VEHICLE TESTING IN NEW YORK CITY FROM THE JUSTICE FOR APP WORKERS COALITION
We, as drivers, delivery workers, and advocates for our rights and public safety, strongly oppose the testing of autonomous vehicles in New York City. This
JUSTICE FOR APP WORKERS: ILLINOIS RIDESHARE AND DELIVERY WORKERS UNITE TO JOIN HISTORIC NATIONAL LABOR FIGHT AGAINST APP COMPANIES
JUSTICE FOR APP WORKERS: ILLINOIS RIDESHARE AND DELIVERY WORKERS UNITE TO JOIN HISTORIC NATIONAL LABOR FIGHT AGAINST APP COMPANIES Worker justice movement that started in
AMERICA’S LARGEST APP WORKER COALITION CALLS FOR DASH CAMS, SIGNIFICANT SAFETY REFORMS TO SAVE THE LIVES OF DRIVERS, AS UBER CONFIRMS TENS OF THOUSANDS OF DRIVERS REPORTED BEING ATTACKED AT WORK
After shocking revelation of 24,000 physical assaults and threatened assaults of Uber drivers from 2017-2020, 100,000-member app worker coalition calls for immediate action from Uber and Lyft to ensure driver safety
APP DRIVERS RIDE TO UBER’S NEW YORK OFFICES TO PROTEST RISING GAS COSTS AND DEMAND FAIR PAY
With high gas prices crippling their livelihoods, hundreds of app workers take to the streets in caravan to confront Uber execs Justice for App Workers
JUSTICE FOR APP WORKERS STATEMENT ON RAISE IN MINIMUM PAY RATES FOR FOR-HIRE VEHICLE DRIVERS
In response to Friday’s announcement that the New York City Taxi and Limousine Commission (TLC) will raise minimum pay rates for for-hire vehicle drivers by 5.3 percent, the Justice for App Workers coalition released the following statement:
JUSTICE FOR APP WORKERS: NEW YORK RIDESHARE AND DELIVERY WORKERS UNITE TO LAUNCH HISTORIC NATIONAL LABOR FIGHT AGAINST APP COMPANIES
Nine grassroots organizations representing 100,000 app workers form new Justice For App Workers coalition demanding safe working conditions, just compensation, and the right to unionization