MOBILE WORKERS ALLIANCE UNIONS FOR ALL RALLY AB5 has passed and Uber and Lyft are on the ropes. It’s time to show our strength with the biggest rideshare driver rally in history. We’re through taking crumbs from billion dollar companies like Uber and Lyft, join hundreds of drivers and Los Angeles union members to demand […]
Durante tres días, nuestra caravana de conductores de Uber y Lyft de la Alianza de Trabajadores Móviles recorrió casi 1,000 millas (916 para ser exactos) para llevar nuestra lucha por la AB5 y una unión directamente a la sede de Uber y al capitolio del estado de California. Nuestra peregrinación comenzó el lunes por la […]
Over three days, our Mobile Workers Alliance caravan of Uber and Lyft drivers traveled nearly 1,000 miles (916 to be exact) to bring our fight for AB5 and a union straight to Uber HQ and the California state capitol. Our pilgrimage began Monday morning with a kickoff in downtown Los Angeles, where drivers Linda Valdivia, […]
Three Day Caravan For AB5 & A Union Mobile Workers Alliance is hitting the road! From August 26-28, hundreds of MWA members will be taking their cars across California in a historic motor pilgrimage for driver rights. The journey is inspired by the United Farm Workers 1966 pilgrimage from Delano to Sacramento, led by Cesar […]
It was a triumphant Wednesday evening in El Monte, as MWA drivers packed the city council chambers to testify about our mistreatment at the hands of Uber and Lyft and ask the city council to move toward a $30 an hour living wage for drivers in El Monte. When they heard about the challenges the […]
For the second time in two weeks, Mobile Workers Alliance headed North to fight for AB5, rights and protections for drivers and a path to a union. Friday morning, dozens of MWA drivers joined a group of Bay Area drivers from Gig Workers Rising at the Uber Headquarters on Market Street in San Francisco. In […]
Cientos de conductores de viajes compartidos de todas partes de California llegaron al capitolio del estado la semana pasada para cabildear a los legisladores para que aprueben el Proyecto de Ley AB-5 y los conductores tambien hicieron a conocer su apoyo a los derechos sindicales para todos. La acción comenzó el martes 9 de julio […]
Hundreds of rideshare drivers from across California descended on the state capitol this week to urge lawmakers to pass Assembly Bill 5, and renew our call for union rights for all. Action kicked off Tuesday morning, as drivers met with key elected officials including the Office of the California Governor, AB 5 author Assemblymember Lorena […]
Uber and Lyft are on the defensive. Earlier this month, the bosses at both companies published a joint op-ed that acknowledged the many issues that drivers have been calling out for years and made some vague statements about making things better for drivers. This seeming about-face by the companies was immediately followed by this: Uber […]
Hundreds Mobile Workers Alliance members driving for Uber and Lyft in the Los Angeles region took part in a massive all-day protest to raise awareness of our exploitation by these billion dollar app companies and of how our fight is the same as other low-wage workers. The mass action began in the morning with an […]