Build Driver Power
We're a democratic, driver-led movement of over 20,000 rideshare workers uniting to transform our industry from the ground up. Through grassroots organizing and collective action, we're fighting for fair wages, better working conditions, and a dignified future where drivers have a real voice in their workplace.
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Fair Pay
20% cap on commission for Uber/Lyft on what passenger pays
Pay drivers per mile & per minute rate en route to the passenger
Set hourly minimum pay matching New York City's $27.86 per hour before expenses
Include a gas-price indexed surcharge in fare
TNC Transparency
Transparent, speedy, independent de-activation appeals process, with all discipline held to "just cause" standard
Show drivers the estimated fare payment & the trip destination before accepting trip
Show complete fare breakdown with Uber or Lyft’s take on passenger receipt
A Voice on the Job
Uber & Lyft recognition of our independent, driver-led organization, to negotiate on behalf of drivers
The right to organize without retaliation
An elected driver-representative appointed to Uber & Lyft's boards of directors
Local Standards
Rideshare vehicle cap to eliminate unnecessary traffic & carbon emissions
Emission standards for all new vehicles added to the platforms
Uber & Lyft must share all vehicle data with local authorities for traffic management
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Latest updates
🚨DRIVER ALERT🚨 Lawmakers Move to Silence Driver Voices and Hand Rideshare Drivers to SEIU Without a Vote. We need YOU to call the CA Senate Labor Committee and ask them to Stand up for Driver Democracy and reject the midnight amendments to AB1340!
https://t.co/HiqhmSCkL6
5 months ago
🚨 Big News for Drivers: California lawmakers have reached an agreement on AB 1340 — a bill meant to give rideshare drivers union rights. TOO WEAK! NO real bargaining power. NO wage protections.
👉 Read our full breakdown https://t.co/4Y5BlphY4v
#AB1340 #JusticeForDrivers https://t.co/A1YXs3ucAe
5 months ago
Uber stole 10s of billions of dollars from drivers in unpaid wages and expenses, and now they are rewarding shareholders with a $20 Billion stock buyback while arguing that they can't pay drivers?!
https://t.co/Sa1Z6A06NV
5 months ago
RDU stands proudly with our @IAATW sister orgs in Geneva at the UN International Labor Organization (ILO) conference, where they are working to set standards to stop abuses of workers in the gig-economy, and to secure dignity for all platform workers!
https://t.co/I1Xd6KVpi1 https://t.co/eqYi5Ehv2A
8 months ago
Tomorrow, May 20, drivers rally for justice across 3 cities
10 AM:
LA @ Ronald Reagan State Building in DTLA
SD @ 600 W Broadway
SF @ City Hall
Show up and demand Lyft & Uber pay billions in stolen wages.
RSVP: https://t.co/HdSYT2g6X0 #DriverPower
8 months ago
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Driver Dispatches
Updates from driver leaders on our organizing, actions, and the fight for dignity in the rideshare industry.
AB 1340
California Legislation Gives Platform Drivers the Right to Unionize and Collectively BargainOn October 3rd, Governor Gavin Newsom signed AB 1340 into law, granting California app drivers a path to unionize and bargain contracts with Lyft and Uber. Drivers around the state are asking if this will ...
Algorithmic Pricing
By Nicole Moore Lyft Driver Drivers have been saying for years what our number one problem is - pay. We drive hundreds of miles a day, providing service to our customers across our cities, but year after year we see less and less in return for the hard work we put in. Why? In a new video from Mor...
SF Deactivation Action - October 9th
By Tyler Sandness RDU Staff, Former Lyft Driver For every driver on the road, there is a constant feeling in the back of our minds, “Is today the day that I could be deactivated? Will today be the day I get a customer who doesn’t like me, who will leave a bad review and suddenly leave me out of a...
Wage Claims Update Fall 2024
UPDATE As of , the Lyft and Uber are in settlement negotiations with the state of California's Attorney General's office, the Labor Commissioner, and the City Attorneys for Los Angeles, San Francisco, & San Diego, trying to determined if there is a way to avoid going to trial. Drivers demand ...
Prop 22 Upheld
Statement Regarding California Supreme Court Decision Upholding Prop 22 - July 25, 2024 Today, the Supreme Court of California decided that Prop 22 was not in violation of our state constitution, allowing Big Tech to continue exploiting drivers under a law they wrote and paid for, that replaced...
Winning Fair Pay For Drivers In California - Our #1 Fight in 2024
PLUS Partnering up on Transportation Principles with the Teamsters
Public Beware! Uber & Lyft Lies Hide the Truth – It’s Time to Retire Prop 22
Proposition 22 (Prop 22) is a hot topic among rideshare and delivery drivers right now as the California supreme court prepares to hear the case and make a ruling about whether or not it is constitutional. If the High Court decides it is not in conflict with the State Constitution, the law will s...
Once Upon a Lack of Surge
Fairy Tales Really Can Come True!
Who Is RDU? RDU Is YOU!
And Now Meet Our Staff!
RDU Visits The Capital To Provide Truth And Facts To California Legislators
September 2023 By Ed Carrasco, Rideshare Driver and RDU volunteer State Senate Labor Chair Dave Cortese giving opening remarks. Drivers throughout California gathered on an extremely hot day in Sacramento on August 15 to let legislators know that enough is enough. The target was Proposition 22, t...
When an Accident Turns your Life Upside Down
Promises Under Prop 22 Are A Dead End For Drivers
The Fate Of Prop 22 Will Be Determined By The CA Supreme Court
September 2023 It was a very good announcement for rideshare drivers and delivery workers. Not such a great update for app-based companies like Uber and Lyft On June 28, 2023, the Supreme Court of California agreed to take the case appealing Prop 22 and make a final determination as to whether ...
The National Day of Action At LAX On May 4, 2023
Gig-Workers came together for a noisy show of strength
By 2030, California is requiring all Rideshare Vehicles to be EV
Are you ready?
NYC Sets The Stage
Broad Pay on Broadway!
Building Driver Power
To win against multi-billion dollar companies—what does driver power look like?
Deactivations Without Cause
Causing Hardship With Nowhere To Turn
Fired By App - The Toll of Secret Algorithms and Unchecked Discrimination on California Rideshare Drivers
In 2022, Rideshare Drivers United, working in partnership with Asian Law Caucus, surveyed over 800 drivers in California on issues related to job security and experiences with being deactivated. The first survey of its kind, the results show clearly that deactivation from an app is all too common...
OP-ED: Declining Pay and Increasing Disparity
Together, We Refuse To Let Them Take Our Dignity
Wage Claim Lawsuits
Update as of Winter 2022
Lyft And Uber Cited For Violations Of Cal-OSHA Code
It is when we speak that we are heard
Rideshare Drivers Prop 22 Pay Study!
Eye-opening Data to Motivate Change
Driver-Led Prop 22 Pay Study: 12000 Rides Shows We Make $6.20 per Hour Average
The study is available here at https://plcylk.org/prop22study. Our earlier study on how Prop 22 is not helping drivers with health benefits, is here: https://nationalequityatlas.org/prop22 Between October and December 2021, 55 drivers across California collected trip and earnings data in real tim...
Rideshare Drivers’ Safety Complaint Against Lyft & Uber Results in CalOSHA Extending Workplace Protections to Gig Workers
Last week, we scored a big victory on behalf of California drivers! In February, over 2000 drivers and supporters signed our petition to stop Lyft from forcing drivers to accept shared rides during a COVID surge. When Lyft wouldn't take our petition, we filed safety complaints with CalOSHA agains...
Drivers Sue to Block Uber, Lyft’s Illegal Price Fixing!
June 21, 2022 Today, three drivers filed a lawsuit in California to stop illegal price fixing by Uber and Lyft. Rideshare Drivers United worked with the non-profit worker rights law firm, Towards Justice, to bring the lawsuit to light. RDU is not a plaintiff in the case and we stand strongly beh...
UPDATES FROM BEHIND THE WHEEL
CALIFORNIA // April 2022 In early January, drivers in both San Diego and Los Angeles received notices from Lyft that they would be piloting a restart of their shared rides program. Already disdained by drivers as low earning rides with high mileage, shared rides posed a massive threat to driver...
Lyft Shared Rides Flash Action Results
Yesterday, the RDU Safety Committee issued our demands to Lyft that they cancel the shared rides program, with 2,100 Southern California drivers signed onto the RDU petition. When we delivered it to the Monrovia Hub employees, they refused to accept the petition! But we learned on the news that L...
NEWS FROM BEHIND THE WHEEL - WAGE CLAIMS UPDATE
CALIFORNIA // December 2021 In 2020, more than 5000 of us filed wage claims with the California Labor Commission, totaling more than $1.3 billion in wages, benefits, and damages owed us. It was an unprecedented number of wage claims on just two companies, and inspired our California Labor Commi...
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