MWA COVID-19 Resource Headquarters The full effects of the Coronavirus pandemic have yet to be felt, but many Uber and Lyft drivers are already being affected by this public health crisis. The companies’ refusal to comply with Assembly Bill 5 and properly classify drivers as employees has left us without basic employment protections like sick […]
Ahorita, funcionarios federales están trabajando en una legislación para trabajadores y negocios afectado por la crisis del COVID-19. Pero porque los choferes esta incorrectamente clasificados como contratistas independientes, hay una posibilidad de que no nos incluyan en ningún Alivio Federal para los empleados. Eso no lo podemos permitir. Nosotros estamos trayéndoles la comida a la […]
Right now, federal officials are working on legislation for workers and businesses affected by the COVID-19 crisis! Since drivers are misclassified as independent contractors, there’s a chance that we could be left out of any relief that’s targeted at employees. That can’t happen. We’re the ones out here getting meals to people, giving them rides to […]
En una conferencia virtual, los choferes de la Alianza de Trabajadores Móviles respondieron a los comentarios crueles del director ejecutivo de Uber Dara Khosrowshahi sobre la crisis de la salud pública. Esta mañana, Khosrowshahi les dijo a los analistas financieros, “Sin duda la situación demuestra la desventaja de agregar protecciones básicas a empleo que requiere […]
In a virtual press conference today, Mobile Workers Alliance drivers reacted to Uber CEO Dara Khosrowshahi’s cruel take on the current public health crisis. This morning, in comments to financial analysts regarding the ongoing pandemic, Khosrowshahi said “This situation certainly demonstrates the downside of attaching basic protections to W2 employment.” MWA driver James Wiest addressed […]
Los baños, van a cambiar. Menos de dos semanas después de que lanzamos nuestra campaña de petición y un día antes de nuestra demostración planificada en el aeropuerto, los funcionarios de LAX se pusieron en contacto con MWA para prometer baños adicionales y estaciones de lavado de manos para el viernes junto con una invitación […]
The toilets, they are a-changing. Less than two weeks after we launched our petition drive and a day before our planned demonstration at the airport, LAX officials contacted MWA to promise additional toilets and handwashing stations by Friday along with an invitation to meet to work out a long-term solution to the current unsanitary conditions […]
On Tuesday, Los Angeles International Airport debuted its new ride share system, LAX-it. The rollout was anything but smooth. With hour-plus waits for rides, packed shuttles, confused drivers and angry passengers, Los Angeles World Airports and the Mayor’s Office made the smart call and reached out to us, the drivers, to try to work toward […]
El martes por la mañana, Uber, Lyft y Doordash anunciaron que lanzarían una campaña de 90 millones de dólares en la boleta electoral para revertir los derechos tan reñidos que ganamos a través de AB5. Esto es normal para estas compañías que en toda su existencia nunca han seguido las reglas. Uber, Lyft y Doordash […]
Tuesday morning, Uber, Lyft and Doordash announced that they’d be launching a $90 million ballot measure campaign to roll back the hard fought rights that we won through AB5. This is par for the course for these companies who have spent their entire existence exploiting loopholes to get out of following the rules. Uber, Lyft and […]