Decenas de conductores de aplicaciones como Uber y Lyft, entre otras, se reunieron este domingo para demandar mejores condiciones laborales. Leonardo Sánchez, vocero de Justice for App Workers, asegura que estos trabajadores se están viendo afectados porque no tienen acceso a baños, sufren desconexiones “injustas” de las aplicaciones, tienen bajos salarios y además son víctimas […]
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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
Choferes de Uber y Lyft protestan en la Gran Manzana solicitando un nuevo ajuste de sus tarifas ante una inflación sin freno
EL DARIO – Desde la primera semana de marzo los clientes de servicios de transporte de pedido digital, como Uber y Lyft, están pagando un poco más debido a un recargo temporal ante el alza de los precios de la gasolina. Pero en el caso específico de la ciudad de Nueva York, los conductores se “levantaron” este martes al señalar que […]
Rising prices at the pump dent livelihood of city’s app workers
THE CHIEF – Sonam Ghisling Lama begins his days by 8 a.m. and works until 6 or 7 in the evening—an average of 50-55 hours each week spent hurrying people to their meetings and doctor’s appointments, picking up and dropping off their food when they get home from work. Lama started working as a full-time […]
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 […]
Conductores de transporte compartido en Nueva York realizan caravana para protestar por los precios de la gasolina
UNIVISION 41 (NEW YORK) – Esta mañana, decenas de miembros de la coalición de trabajadores ‘Justice for app workers’ se manifestaron conduciendo hasta las oficinas de Uber en la Gran Manzana, con el objetivo de exigir un salario mínimo justo que les permita cubrir todos sus gastos en medio del alza de precios de los […]
Uber drivers in NYC seek fuel surcharge
NY1 (NEW YORK) — Jahongir Ibadov has been a driver with Uber since 2013. He says in the last several weeks, it has cost him almost double to fill up his tank of gas. That is why he was one of the dozens of drivers in caravan from downtown Brooklyn to Uber’s headquarters in Manhattan […]