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Over 40,000 drivers in NYC will now receive free access to a doctor and vision insurance thanks to @NYBCF and @DrivingGuild. Living wage continues to be the fight but this is a good experiment in creating a social safety net for struggling workers - abcn.ws/2yUQbON
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Uber and Lyft had record levels of ridership in NYC in February, the same month a Manhattan surcharge and driver minimum wage rules went into effect. nydailynews.com/new-york/ny-…
Yep - bc it’s was never about congestion - it was about finding the biggest/easiest pool of money - even if it comes at the expense of the hardest working, most underpaid workers in NY
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“Lyft and Juno have effectively claimed that being forced to pay their drivers a living wage on each ride would put them at a competitive disadvantage. You can quibble over the details, but when you boil it down, that is the essence of the argument.”
Wow! Juno lawyers ask judge to extend Restraining Order against minimum wage for all drivers! Not just @Juno or @lyft
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Drivers are workers, and to get less than minimum wage in a City as expensive as New York is wrong. I strongly support the @DrivingGuild in their fight.
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So true - @Lyft & @Juno have to pay drivers' earnings into a escrow acct while Uber and Via will pay drivers directly. Which means the @lyft lawsuit and TRO screws riders/consumers by giving them less choice
Can you believe that any company has the nerve to SUE their city in order to AVOID paying their workers a minimum wage? Over 80,000 workers NEED THIS RAISE! Shame on YOU @Lyft
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Wage stagnation did not just happen. It's the result of decades worth of policy decisions that have weakened workers’ leverage and decimated their bargaining power. wapo.st/2QYb6Z4
Wow! Over 70,000 of NYC’s working drivers will receive a $9,600 raise next year! So many thanks to @bradlander @nyctaxi & @DrivingGuild drivers who showed up and had their voices heard!
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As a step toward empowering our community to address this crisis, we invite drivers to join us for a training on Mental Health First Aid on 11/30 offered in partnership with ThriveNYC. Drivers who are feeling depressed or distressed are encouraged to call 1-888-NYC-Well
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A rating of 4.6 out of 5 stars sounds very good to most of us, but on the Uber app it can be a fireable offense. For too long Uber and Lyft have treated drivers as expendable and @drivingguild is working to fix that- from raising pay to classes like this: abc7ny.com/traffic/poorly-ra…
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`The place where workers wait to pick you up at @LGAairport changed again this week. During renovations, @Delta paid for cabbies to have bathroom facilities with running water, but IDG members get no such dignity.
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The sea of red shirts = Uber and Lyft drivers with @drivingguild who petitioned the city and put in countless hours over the last two years fighting for the nation's first livable wage rules for app-based drivers #1u @MachinistsUnion #gigeconomy
@nyctaxi is hosting a public hearing today on its proposed minimum base payements for app-based drivers working for Uber, Lyft, Via and Juno. This was a City Council effort that passed this summer alongside the e-hail vehicle cap.
When workers come together they win! Drivers pack TLC to demand nation’s first min wage and annual increases! Go IDG!
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By 2027, according to the Tax Policy Center, 90 percent of its benefits will go to the richest of Americans. Because the changes will be incremental, they are not likely to be noticed by the vast majority of citizens until it is too late. sojo.net/magazine/septembero…
Great job @DrivingGuild and @NYCCouncil for paving the way for the first minimum wage in the app-based industry! @FoxNews contributor says drivers should just quit
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“We cannot allow the so-called ‘gig economy’ companies to exploit loopholes in the law in order to strip workers of their rights and protections.” — Jim Conigliaro Jr, @DrivingGuild washingtonpost.com/news/dr-g…
