Dozens of drivers for Uber and Lyft attempted to shut down streets in San Francisco on Tuesday, demanding the right to form a union and calling on state governments to pass a new bill supporting gig worker rights.
Dozens of Lyft and Uber drivers congregated in downtown San Francisco on Tuesday amid a three-day pilgrimage throughout California as they seek to become employees with basic protections.
Democratic Presidential candidate and current mayor of South Bend, Indiana Pete Buttigieg joined rideshare drivers protesting outside Uber’s San Francisco headquarters on Tuesday.
Some Uber and Lyft drivers are on what they call a 500-mile “pilgrimage” to Sacramento in support of State Assembly Bill 5.
A 500 mile Uber and Lyft pilgrimage is underway. The goal: to get Assembly Bill 5 passed and union rights for rideshare drivers.
Hundreds of Uber and Lyft drivers en route to Sacramento from Los Angeles made a symbolic stop in Delano to meet with United Farm Workers members at the historic Our Lady of Guadalupe church.
Hace poco más de cinco años Luis H. Rodríguez decidió dejar su empleo de taxista para incorporarse al lucrativo negocio de conducir su automóvil propio en viajes compartidos para la compañía Uber.
Yesterday, California-based advocacy organizations Gig Workers Rising and Mobile Workers Alliance announced that a caravan of Uber and Lyft drivers will drive from SoCal through San Francisco to Sacramento, next Monday, August 26 through Wednesday, August 28th.
Dozens of Uber and Lyft drivers held a demonstration outside Lyft’s hub in downtown Los Angeles, where they called for improved working conditions, a $30-an-hour wage and workers’ rights.
The council directed the staff to meet with representatives of labor unions, including Service Employees International Union. Leaders of SEIU Local 721, which has 16 members affected by the layoffs, said they have ideas to cut the budget without layoffs.