It may very well be a problem hailing a experience from sure airports on Valentine’s Day this yr. 1000’s of rideshare and supply drivers for Uber, Lyft and DoorDash are planning to carry an indication on February 14 to demand truthful pay and higher safety measures, in line with Reuters. The strike was introduced final week by Justice for App Staff, a coalition representing greater than 100,000 rideshare and supply drivers throughout the US.
Primarily based on the group’s page for the rally, employees collaborating within the demonstration will not be taking rides to and from any airport in Austin, Chicago, Hartford, Miami, Newark, Orlando, Philadelphia, Pittsburgh, Rhode Island and Tampa. The coalition is asking drivers to hitch the occasion and “demand modifications from Uber, Lyft, DoorDash, and all of the app firms profiting off of [their] exhausting work.” In the meantime, Rideshare Drivers United, an impartial union for Uber and Lyft drivers in Los Angeles, additionally revealed that its members are turning off their apps on February 14 to protest “the numerous lower in pay [they’ve] all felt this winter.”
Whereas the strikes might see the participation of tens of 1000’s of employees, Uber believes it will not have an effect on its enterprise since solely a small portion of its drivers sometimes participate in demonstrations. The corporate informed The Hill and CBS News {that a} comparable protest final yr did not have an effect on its operations and that its driver earnings stay “robust.” Within the fourth quarter of 2023, “drivers within the US had been making about $33 per utilized hour,” the spokesperson stated.
The teams introduced the strikes only a few days after Lyft promised assured weekly earnings for its drivers within the nation, making certain that they will make at the least 70 p.c of what their riders had paid. DoorDash did not reply to the publications’ requests for remark, however it at the moment pays its drivers $29.93 for each lively hour in states with minimal wage necessities for app-based supply employees. It lately introduced new fees for patrons in New York Metropolis and Seattle as a response to their new minimal wage rules.
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