Nashville Uber and Lyft drivers warn of ‘ruined vacations’ as they vote to strike
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by Michael Sainato
5M ago
Recently formed Tennessee Drivers Union to take action at city airport as wave of Labor Day tourists is expected Hundreds of ride-share drivers for Uber and Lyft in Nashville, Tennessee, have voted to begin a strike on Friday 30 August at Nashville international airport, warning of “ruined vacations” as the city prepares for a wave of tourists celebrating the Labor Day holiday weekend. The recently formed Tennessee Drivers Union is taking action to raise awareness of their demands for improvements to their pay and working conditions ..read more
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California sides with Uber and Lyft classifying drivers as gig workers
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by Reuters
6M ago
Court upholds Prop 22, allowing rideshare apps to keep treating drivers as independent contractors, not employees California’s top state court on Thursday upheld a measure approved by voters allowing app-based services such as Uber and Lyft to consider drivers in the most populous US state as independent contractors rather than as employees entitled to greater benefits. The ruling by the California supreme court is a major victory for ride-hailing companies, who have said that they would end or limit service in the state if they were forced to treat thousands of drivers as their employees ..read more
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Uber and Lyft agree to minimum pay and benefits for Massachusetts drivers
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by Sarah Betancourt
7M ago
Ride-share companies sign off on $175m settlement that will give workers paid sick leave and other protections Uber and Lyft drivers will be guaranteed among the highest wages in the US for ride-share workers under a historic deal agreed with Massachusetts prosecutors. Andrea Campbell, the state’s attorney general, and the two companies agreed to a $175m settlement on Thursday evening that requires a minimum pay floor of $32.50 per hour, and introduces a slew of other benefits and protections that drivers didn’t already have ..read more
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Uber and Lyft made a deal to raise drivers’ wages. It was another victory for big tech | Edward Ongweso Jr
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by Edward Ongweso Jr
8M ago
Minneapolis struck a deal with the companies, but it preserves integral parts of their model, allowing the firms to undermine the compromise later Who came out ahead when the Minneapolis city council announced a deal with Uber and Lyft to increase driver pay and improve working conditions last month? On 20 May, the city council heralded a compromise with the ride-hailing companies. Uber and Lyft would agree to an inflation-pegged wage floor matching Minnesota’s minimum wage of $15 an hour after expenses. Some lawmakers have hailed this as a 20% raise for drivers – however, the deal’s pay rates ..read more
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Minneapolis drivers protested wages – and won. Lyft and Uber are choosing to leave the city rather than pay up
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by Michael Sainato
11M ago
Groups of drivers backed a bill setting minimum pay, but the two tech companies say it’d make riders’ fees unsustainable Uber and Lyft claim they will cease operating in the Minneapolis area in protest of a minimum pay ordinance that the city council voted to approve last week. The bill, to go into effect on 1 May, would establish a minimum pay of $1.40 per mile and $0.51 cents per minute for rideshare drivers, with a $5 per ride minimum. The city council voted to override the mayor’s veto of the ordinance, prompting Uber and Lyft to threaten to leave the region in response ..read more
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Lyft CEO says ‘My bad’ after earnings typo sends stock up 60%
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by Blake Montgomery and agencies
1y ago
The company had predicted it would grow by 5% in 2024, but later said that the real increase would be a factor of 10 lower Lyft beat estimates for fourth-quarter profits on Tuesday as the ride-share platform reaps the benefits of growth in rides to stadiums and airports as well as heavy cost-cutting. Company shares surged more than 60% in extended trading but erased most of those gains after Lyft’s chief financial officer corrected a major mistake in the earnings report. The company had predicted it would grow by 500 basis points (5%) in 2024, but later said that the real increase would be a f ..read more
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Uber and Lyft to pay out $328m to New York ride-share drivers
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by Erum Salam
1y ago
Drivers celebrate ‘historic victory’ as companies agree to settlement after being accused of withholding wages and benefits The ride-share companies Uber and Lyft have agreed to a historic settlement totaling $328m after being accused of withholding wages and benefits, such as mandatory paid sick leave, from drivers. The news, announced by the New York state attorney general’s office, comes after a multi-year investigation following a complaint filed by the New York Taxi Workers Alliance (NYTWA) union, alleging the companies were committing wage theft and passing on taxes and fees to drivers r ..read more
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New Lyft CEO David Risher announces plans to lay off hundreds of workers
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by Associated Press
1y ago
Employees were informed via email that a ‘significant’ number would lose their jobs to cut costs and bring fares in line with Uber The ride-hailing service Lyft is preparing to lay off hundreds of employees just days after its new CEO, David Risher, began steering the company with an eye toward driving down costs to help bring its fares more in line with its biggest rival, Uber. Risher, a former Amazon executive, informed Lyft’s workforce of more than 4,000 employees in an email posted online on Friday that a “significant” number of them will lose their jobs. The message came at the end of his ..read more
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‘It was traumatic’: Uber, Lyft drivers decry low pay and unfair deactivations
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by Michael Sainato
2y ago
Drivers call for regulation of rideshare companies they say collect up to 50% of fares and arbitrarily close workers’ accounts For more than five years James Jordan worked full time for Uber in Los Angeles, California, until early 2022, when he was permanently deactivated from the app – Uber’s equivalent of being fired. He said he later found out he was deactivated due to old customer complaints, but that Uber would not listen to his appeals or offer to provide dash-cam footage to disprove the allegations ..read more
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Uber and Lyft in New York required to be zero-emission by 2030, officials say
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by Gloria Oladipo
2y ago
Mayor Eric Adams announced the initiative was part of the ‘Working People’s Agenda’ at his second state of the city address Uber and Lyft vehicles in New York City will be required to be zero-emission by 2030, New York officials announced on Thursday. The decision could affect the 100,000 for-hire vehicles operating throughout New York ..read more
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