NEW YORK (1010 WINS) -- Uber, Lyft, Juno, Via and the drivers of other ride-sharing apps will join their colleagues in other cities in the U.S. and abroad and strike for two hours on Wednesday from 7 a.m. to 9 a.m. the New York Taxi Workers Association announced Friday.
"NYTWA's app driver members voted to log off on Wednesday morning to join the international day of driver strikes ahead of Uber's IPO. Drivers from Los Angeles to Philadelphia are striking in United States, drivers in London are making it global, and now drivers in NYC, Uber's biggest market, are joining in solidarity," the group said in a statement.
The group said drivers are focused on three issues: Job security ("end unfair deactivations that force drivers to live in fear of losing their livelihoods"), livable incomes ("winning the cap and the minimum pay rate was just the first step. We demand an end to the scam of upfront pricing") and regulation of fares ("Uber/Lyft/Juno/Via charge passengers, and cap the companies' commission, guaranteeing 80-85% of the fare to the driver").
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