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 […]
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Surging Gas Prices Spur Uber Drivers’ Push for Status Change
BLOOMBERG LAW – It’s tough for Raul Rivera to take a day off as a driver for Uber Technologies Inc. and Lyft, Inc. and still make a living. After 10 to 12 hours on the road in New York City and New Jersey, he can draw about $200 to $300 per shift, but those margins are closing with soaring […]
New York Taxi Drivers Hated Uber. Now They’re Going to Help It
After almost a decade of animosity and lawsuits, cabbies might help Uber weather a labor shortage—and take a bite out of the competition. WIRED – After almost a decade of fights and lawsuits, Uber and New York taxis are making nice. The ride-hailing firm and two companies that build technology for taxis, Curb Mobility and Creative Mobile Technologies, […]
NYC ride-hail drivers stage caravan, demand added surcharge to offset gas prices
https://justiceforappworkers.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/WPIX_03-29-2022_10.04.39.mp4 NEW YORK (PIX11) — App-based drivers say rising fuel costs in New York City are crippling their livelihoods and their industry has been slow to bounce back from the pandemic, forcing them to work longer but make less. At the beginning of March, the city gave Uber and Lyft drivers a roughly 5.3% raise […]
Soaring Gas Prices Have Uber, Lyft Drivers Shaving Pennies off a Gallon
USA TODAY — Ivan Ventura has spent the last few weeks acting more like a coupon clipper than a guy who drives a car for a living. Shaving a few pennies off a gallon of gas has become a daily obsession. Gas station promotions. Five cents off for using a BP gas card. Regular instead […]
U.S. Economy Can Likely Weather Russia Crisis Shock But Democrats Face Peril
BLOOMBERG — Inflation-walloped Americans are largely prepared to withstand the economic pain imposed by Russia’s Ukraine invasion. That may be little solace for President Joe Biden’s Democrats, who will pay a price at the ballot box for the surging cost of living, if history is any guide. Consumer prices were already rising at the fastest pace in four […]
Prawa pracownicze: fast foody, Starbucks i londyńskie metro
Zgromadzenie Stanowe Kalifornii przyznało większe uprawnienia i ochronę ok. 557 tys. pracowników tamtejszych fast foodów. Zostaną dla nich ustalone m.in. ogólnostanowa płaca minimalna..
纽约外卖工人组建联盟 争取更多权益
美国中文网报道 纽约市的外卖工人正在努力争取更多的权益。周二，代表大约10万名外卖工人的团体宣布成立一个新的联盟，即“为外卖工作者伸张正义”（Justice for App Workers）。
網約車司機攜手外賣郎 結盟爭權益
紐約市上百名網約車司機和外賣郎1日於市政廳外集會，宣布成立「App打工人正義聯盟」(Justice for App Workers)，要求科技公司和政府提供更多的薪酬、醫保及臨時停車牌等權利。