Solidarity Summer is in full swing, as hundreds of MWA drivers led a massive caravan today calling on Uber and Lyft to stop cheating us out of basic workplace protections and drop a their deceptive ballot measure designed to buy their way out of following California law. Over 150 drivers circled the departures deck and […]
On Tuesday, more than 200 Mobile Workers Alliance Drivers came together for a virtual meeting to plan how we’re going to fight back against the anti-driver ballot initiative being pushed by Uber, Lyft and Doordash. Check out the full recap below and watch the condensed meeting video on YouTube. We kicked the meeting off with […]
Together with our sisters and brothers at the Los Angeles County Federation of Labor, Mobile Workers Alliance drivers took over the Burbank Uber hub this morning to host a food and PPE drive for gig workers struggling amid the decline in demand for rideshare services resulting from the COVID-19 pandemic. Drivers distributed 500 boxes of […]
Por mas de un año hemos estado hacienda manifestaciones, enviando cartas ,hacienda caravanas, haciendo llamadas, asitiendo a audiencias estatales y juntas del consejo municipal, e hicimos todo lo que esta en nuestro alcance para pasar y enforzar la AB5. El año pasado ganamos la aprobacion de la AB5 Este martes por la mañana ganamos un […]
This is a game changer. For more than a year we’ve been rallying, motor marching, caravanning, sending letters, making calls, attending hearings and council meetings and doing everything in our power to get AB5 passed and then enforced. Last fall, we won passage. Tuesday morning, we won a huge step toward enforcement. In a live-streamed […]
CALIFORNIA — Today, in response to California Attorney General Xavier Becerra’s announcement of a lawsuit against Uber and Lyft in partnership with the city attorneys of Los Angeles, San Diego and San Francisco to hold the companies accountable for violating California law, ignoring workplace rules and refusing to pay payroll taxes or contribute to the […]
SACRAMENTO – Today, Governor Gavin Newsom clarified during his daily press briefing that gig workers can receive both unemployment insurance and ensure proper classification pursuant to AB5, despite misleading statements by rideshare companies. Armen Oganesyan, a leader with Mobile Workers Alliance from Los Angeles who drives for Uber and Lyft, and Jose Galindo, a We […]
As of today, the mayor of Los Angeles has ordered that all essential workers (including rideshare and delivery drivers) wear protective face coverings while working and that employers must provide workers with facemasks. To protect our safety, it is imperative that Uber, Lyft, Postmates and the rest abide by this order and get masks to […]
Organizing During Corona Nearly a thousand drivers from Mobile Workers Alliance and We Drive Progress hosted a statewide COVID-19 Response Call on Tuesday to share how the unprecedented outbreak of the novel coronavirus has impacted drivers, outline resources available to drivers and launch a campaign to escalate our demands for better protection from this outbreak […]
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 […]