CBS News New York — Ride-share drivers were rallying outside MTA headquarters on Wednesday, slamming the congestion pricing proposal. As CBS2’s Natalie Duddridge reported, they were calling for app drivers to be exempt from the tolls. The organizers of the rally said 23,000 ride-share drivers have already submitting complaints to the MTA, protesting what they call […]
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RIDE-HAIL, DELIVERY APP DRIVERS NEED BETTER SAFETY ON THE JOB
Imagine you’re driving through an unfamiliar neighborhood. You see a shadowy figure in the distance. Rolling up to the curb, you realize he’s your passenger. And he has a gun. It’s a nightmare scenario for any app worker. I’ve driven for Uber in Chicago for six years, and these worries creep up all day. I […]
RIDESHARE AND DELIVERY DRIVERS DEMAND BETTER WAGES AND WORKING CONDITIONS, JOIN NATIONAL MOVEMENT
David Crane keeps a yellow legal notepad in his car, pages upon pages filled out with his thoughts on the concerns of thousands of other rideshare drivers like him, with demands that boil down to better wages, safer working conditions and union rights. “We deserve what’s right. We deserve better pay for the amount of […]
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
Uber, Lyft drivers form caravan to press for wage hikes as gas prices surge
GOTHAMIST – A caravan of Uber and Lyft drivers rolled across the Brooklyn Bridge to Uber’s Manhattan headquarters Tuesday, demanding compensation for surging fuel costs, which drivers in New York City are shouldering on their own. The coalition, with the group Justice for App Workers, argues that drivers’ take-home pay has shrunk as gas prices have […]
Uber drivers take to NYC streets to demand relief from soaring gas prices
NY POST (NEW YORK) – New York City Uber drivers on Tuesday caravanned across the Brooklyn Bridge, up to the company’s headquarters on Manhattan’s West Side and back down to the World Trade Center to demand relief from soaring gas prices. The national average for a gallon of gas was $4.24 on Tuesday — a […]
Rideshare drivers call for greater pay
https://justiceforappworkers.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/WCBS_03-29-2022_12.14.58.mp4 CBS NEW YORK – A caravan of app drivers hit the streets Tuesday morning to take their demands for greater pay to Uber headquarters on the West Side. The drivers, who started their journey near the Brooklyn Bridge, say surging fuel prices and Uber’s commission on driver trips are crippling their livelihoods. “The drivers are getting […]
New York’s food delivery bicyclists and drivers demand more workplace rights
Food delivery workers in New York City, fresh off winning rights to transparency in tipping and the use of restaurant bathrooms…
Traffic, tickets, gas: rideshare and delivery app workers fight to unionize
Coalition in New York City is organizing to demand better work conditions, including living wages, basic benefits and safe work environment…
Food delivery workers, ride-share drivers demand more rights
Food delivery workers in New York City, fresh off winning rights to transparency in tipping and the use of restaurant bathrooms…