Uber, Lyft and DoorDash drivers set to walk off the job on Valentine's Day

[carolinakid]

Thousands of Uber, Lyft and DoorDash drivers plan to walk off the job Wednesday in a Valentine's Day demonstration to protest lower pay and unsafe working conditions, organizers say.

Rideshare Drivers United, an independent union, said that Lyft and Uber drivers would turn off their apps on Wednesday to protest "the significant decrease in pay we've all felt this winter."

"We're sick of working 80 hours a week just to make ends meet, being constantly scared for our safety and worrying about deactivated with the click of a button," stated the Justice For App Workers coalition, which represents more than 100,000 drivers.


The group said its members would not be taking rides to or from airports in 10 cities in holding a Valentine's Day strike. Drivers plan to hold rallies midday at airports in Austin, Chicago, Hartford, Miami, Newark, Orlando, Philadelphia, Pittsburgh, Providence and Tampa.

Uber downplayed the potential impact of the planned action, saying a driver protest last year had no effect on business. "Driver earnings remain strong, and as of Q4 2023, drivers in the U.S. were making about $33 per utilized hour," Uber said in a statement.


DoorDash echoed the sentiments, saying that millions had driven for the company, and "earned over $35 billion doing it," the company stated on Tuesday.

The company does not expect "any significant impact on Valentine's Day," it added.

Lyft drivers using their own vehicles earned $30.68 an hour including tips and bonuses "of engaged time," and $23.46 an hour after expenses in the second half of 2023, the company stated in a white paper.

Lyft recently promised that its drivers would receive at least 70% of the money their clients pay to ride with them, part of the company's efforts to boost pay transparency amid long-running criticisms about its driver compensation.

 

[stormtrooper8]

@BobbyFK you protesting?

 

[BigJay]

@BobbyFK make a sign like this and hold it up standing on your car while parked in traffic on the Vegas strip.

Sign held high in one hand. Subway foot long pretzel in the other.

And get it all on video.

 

[jjgold]

They can be replaced instantly

So many drivers will gladly take their place

 

[KingKolzig]

They can be replaced instantly

So many drivers will gladly take their placeI di

 

[KingKolzig]

I did doordash. Got about $14 HR after gas. Here in central Florida that's decent

Guarantee the ringleader of thIs thing melanin. And she will be set for life by being crazy loud

 

[flyingillini]

Overpaid cry babies

 

[KingKolzig]

Doordash does try to see if you will take $10 hr

 

[djefferis]

Ok - don’t like it - quit.

Go take another job where you can create your own hours, drive around with your kids/SO in the car with you and wear whatever you like to work.

I am so damn tired of DoorDash and their 20% accuracy rate of getting my order and waiting an hour while the driver completes 3 other orders on 3 other apps. To top it off - 90% of the time they are too lazy to bring it to my door - will leave at the garage because they can just pull up and open their door and leave an order without getting out of their car.

They are made hearing how UPS drivers got 150k yearly and Amazon make 100k+ - difference is these are PROS - you are amateurs. UPS allows 1 accident (regardless of fault) in 5 years - Amazon is in line with that - and both have you on the road 7-7 daily with mandatory weekends Nov/December. Door dashing is fine for a 19 year old kid going to school or a mom needing to make extra $$ - but it’s not a damn CAREER.

 

[flyingillini]

Ok - don’t like it - quit.

Go take another job where you can create your own hours, drive around with your kids/SO in the car with you and wear whatever you like to work.

I am so damn tired of DoorDash and their 20% accuracy rate of getting my order and waiting an hour while the driver completes 3 other orders on 3 other apps. To top it off - 90% of the time they are too lazy to bring it to my door - will leave at the garage because they can just pull up and open their door and leave an order without getting out of their car.

They are made hearing how UPS drivers got 150k yearly and Amazon make 100k+ - difference is these are PROS - you are amateurs. UPS allows 1 accident (regardless of fault) in 5 years - Amazon is in line with that - and both have you on the road 7-7 daily with mandatory weekends Nov/December. Door dashing is fine for a 19 year old kid going to school or a mom needing to make extra $$ - but it’s not a damn CAREER.

You are the best writer on BMR! You articulate very well.

 

[djefferis]

Reminds me so much of the UFCW (food and commercial workers union) - grocery store workers union.

I worked at a store - and paid dues. It was a side job for me nights. My regular job offered me a nice promotion but I’d have to work nights - so I went to my side job - and said I need to work weekends only and am available days if needed. They said ok - you will need to go to a store in the neighboring town - fair enough. Show up for work first day - they said your fired (no reason given - real reason was I didn’t know the manager we fired who hated me filed a grievance with union, won and got rehired). I went to my union steward and said hey - I’ve been here 4 years and they can’t fire me without cause. Steward looked at me and said “your a probationary employee - no rights” - I reminded I was a card holding member in good standing.

Found out that only applied to the county where my last store was - the new store in the same county I lived was different (but under same local number). Union had been collecting 8% of my near minimum wage salary and $85 yearly - but did nothing. Then found out that at 5 years (which I was coming up on) clerks were guaranteed $14 an hour and 2 weeks paid vacation (this was late 90s - wage at the time was like $6.50 an hour). Yea - they realized they needed to dump me to keep from paying a big raise and didn’t help that supervisor hated me (feeling was mutual).

Modern unions are pretty much a joke - this comes from someone whose father was in a union most of his working life and did benefit greatly from them.

 

[BMR Genie]

Bob, if you're the "only one" not striking that means today it's more $$$ opportunity for you!

 

[BobbyFK]

For the maybe few hundred drivers that are going to protest there are thousands more out there that aren't. It's not going to make any impact

 

[edawg]

Bob, if you're the "only one" not striking that means today it's more $$$ opportunity for you!

Go ahead and try that in a union city and tell me how it works out for you.

 

[carolinakid]

 

[carolinakid]

 

[carolinakid]

 

[djefferis]

Thinking about it - they are on the right track with a strike.

If they hold out - big companies will be forced to give in to their demands.

I think I am going to organize a sportsbook strike - demanding free payouts, better bonuses, lower rollover and reduced vig offerings.

We can easily get every book to agree to our demands is all of BMR participates.

Let’s get a loyalty pledge from every member of BMR to boycott offshore until our demands are met - no way this could ever not work.

 

[quantumleap]

Ok - don’t like it - quit.

Go take another job where you can create your own hours, drive around with your kids/SO in the car with you and wear whatever you like to work.

I am so damn tired of DoorDash and their 20% accuracy rate of getting my order and waiting an hour while the driver completes 3 other orders on 3 other apps. To top it off - 90% of the time they are too lazy to bring it to my door - will leave at the garage because they can just pull up and open their door and leave an order without getting out of their car.

They are made hearing how UPS drivers got 150k yearly and Amazon make 100k+ - difference is these are PROS - you are amateurs. UPS allows 1 accident (regardless of fault) in 5 years - Amazon is in line with that - and both have you on the road 7-7 daily with mandatory weekends Nov/December. Door dashing is fine for a 19 year old kid going to school or a mom needing to make extra $$ - but it’s not a damn CAREER.

Same thing with fast food workers. Want more money? Get school loans and get a better job. Hell, people going to trade schools are making more money than some college graduates.

I grew up with a girl who was a single mom with 4 kids who went to school part time until she got her degree and became a school teacher. She eventually bought a house with a pool.