![]() ![]() And they are doing this by taking more and more money from their drivers. What once was a reliable way to make income has become a cycle of driving as many hours as possible to barely scrape by.Īs Uber and Lyft prepare to go public this year with IPO offerings, they are doing everything in their power to show the profitability of their business. More and more drivers are spending less time with their families, seeing their children, or taking care of themselves, because they cannot afford to turn their app off. Unable to afford housing based off earnings as a driver, or unable to travel the distance home. More and more drivers are living in their cars. (Drivers would keep any earnings on top of the minimum wage, but would never earn less than the wage floor.) Why is this important? We demand a minimum wage floor for drivers equal to or greater than New York City’s one of $26.51, which creates an after expenses income of $17.22 per hour. Create a process for including drivers in decisions about rate changes.ģ. We are rising up to demand an end to Uber and Lyft’s greedy business practices.Ģ. Gig Workers Rising is an organization by and for drivers and other app workers. This cut has many drivers reporting up to a 50% decrease in their earnings - leaving them high and dry with bills to pay, mouths to feed and no control over what they earn. So it comes as no surprise that Uber slashed mileage rates in California. Earnings are decreasing because Uber and Lyft keep changing the rates - keeping prices the same for passengers, lowering pay for drivers and pocketing the difference.Īs Uber and Lyft continue to make more, drivers continue to make less. Drivers spend countless hours behind the wheel, earning crumbs in comparison.įor years, drivers have seen their earnings decrease despite putting in longer and longer hours behind the wheel. Uber and Lyft are the two largest rideshare companies - making millions of dollars off the drivers who work for them. ![]()
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