Thousands of U.S. ride-hailing workers plan to park their cars and picket at major U.S. airports Wednesday in what organizers say is their largest strike yet in a drive for better pay and benefits.
Uber and Lyft drivers plan daylong strikes in Chicago; Philadelphia; Pittsburgh; Miami; Orlando and Tampa, Florida; Hartford, Connecticut; Newark, New Jersey; Austin, Texas; and Providence, Rhode Island. Drivers also plan to hold midday demonstrations at airports in those cities, according to Justice for App Workers, the group organizing the effort.
Yeah, striking as contractors isn’t meaningful. I fully support strikes btw and am far left, but it just doesn’t work for contract work. It only works when a legitimate union is formed. And the first step to achieving that is the refusal of contract work.
Yep. It’s seriously disconcerting the number of people who fundamentally don’t understand basic concepts of employment