Independent Drivers Guild Demands Action from New York Leaders
New York, NY
On Wednesday, Uber & Lyft drivers with the Independent Drivers Guild will hold a massive protest caravan across New York City to demand city officials enact fair pay and treatment for rideshare drivers.
Uber and Lyft are cheating on New York City’s minimum wage rules. The apps have used driver “lockouts” to scam drivers out of fair pay, leaving thousands on the brink of homelessness. Uber is also petitioning the city to cut driver pay next year to avoid paying drivers a minimum wage after expenses.
The Independent Drivers Guild, which represents and advocates for the city’s 80,000 Uber and Lyft drivers, is demanding that the New York City Taxi & Limousine Commission take action to compensate drivers for lost wages, increase pay to reflect rising expenses, and permanently end the exploitative driver lockouts by limiting new FHV driver licenses. More than 5,000 drivers have signed the Guild’s petition demanding that New York leaders take action. Read all nine demands here. All drivers are welcome to join the protest and can learn more at: http://bit.ly/IDGNYCaravanDirectionsDec11
Who: Uber & Lyft Drivers with the Independent Drivers Guild
What: Rideshare Drivers Protest Caravan
Where: From Brooklyn, Across Brooklyn Bridge to Lower Manhattan, Up FDR Drive, Across Queensboro Bridge Upper Level ending at NYC Taxi and Limousine Commission (Falchi Building) in LIC Queens
When: Wednesday, December 11th, 2024
- 9 AM Drivers begin lining up here: Park Avenue and Navy Street in Brooklyn
- 10 AM – 10:30 AM caravan kicks off. Route includes:
- Across Brooklyn Bridge to Lower Manhattan
- North on FDR Drive & 1st Ave
- Across Queensboro Bridge Upper Level
- 11 AM – 12:30 PM caravan arrives at NYC Taxi & Limousine Commission offices for protest rally and press conference outside the Falchi Building
- 31-00 47th Ave, Long Island City, Queens, NY 11101
Uber and Lyft drivers with the Independent Drivers Guild spent more than two years organizing to win the nation’s first minimum wage protection for New York City rideshare drivers. But despite record profits and ridership, Uber and Lyft have scammed drivers out of fair pay this year.
Across New York City, 99 percent of the city’s Uber and Lyft drivers found themselves “locked out” of their driver app this summer, suddenly and unexpectedly unable to work. Nine in ten drivers reported lost wages in an IDG survey of more than 3,000 drivers — and thousands were left on the brink of homelessness.
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