Rideshare Drivers United

We're an independent, worker-led organization of rideshare drivers uniting for fair pay & a voice on the job

[Rideshare Drivers United @_drivers_united]

🚨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

[Rideshare Drivers United @_drivers_united]

🚨 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

[Rideshare Drivers United @_drivers_united]

We need a fair settlement NOW! #uber #rideshare #wagetheft

[Rideshare Drivers United @_drivers_united]

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

[Rideshare Drivers United @_drivers_united]

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

[Rideshare Drivers United @_drivers_united]

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

[Rideshare Drivers United @_drivers_united]

"Moore is strongly in favor of drivers having the right to collective bargaining. But she worries that AB 1340 won’t go far enough to protect workers."

https://t.co/zPH7Jfrwlm

[Rideshare Drivers United @_drivers_united]

@BernieSanders @AOC

[Rideshare Drivers United @_drivers_united]

"We need to ensure workers, no matter their boss, human or machine, are covered by full labor rights!” Spoken to a crowd of several thousand in Bakersfield today as RDU joins Sen. Bernie Sander’s rally.

https://t.co/pOWIo2v2tw

[Rideshare Drivers United @_drivers_united]

Drivers' voices are speaking loudly today, and we will win!

[Asian Law Caucus @AsianLawCaucus]

In 2023, we published a report with @_drivers_united, in which we shared our findings from the 810 current & former drivers in California we surveyed.

We found that 2/3 of all surveyed drivers have experienced deactivation.

"Fired by an App" report: https://t.co/CwmuJTroUN

[Rideshare Drivers United @_drivers_united]

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[Rideshare Drivers United @_drivers_united]

At cities halls from San Francisco to Southern California, Rideshare Drivers came out in force to make our voices heard: That we will not accept a settlement that doesn't deliver justice to drivers!

[Rideshare Drivers United @_drivers_united]

This morning at 10am, drivers are going to the city halls in Los Angeles, San Francisco, and San Diego to demand a just settlement for the tens of billions in stolen wages and unpaid expenses!

Join us and demand JUSTICE!

https://t.co/dlxcSWX9Zt

[Rideshare Drivers United @_drivers_united]

With tens of billions of dollars in stolen wages on the line, drivers are taking to the streets and demanding JUSTICE. Join the action on Wednesday, March 26th at 10am at the LA, SF, and SD city halls and let them know that drivers demand what we are owed: https://t.co/yeRn6hzSxM

[TN DRIVERS’ UNION 🚙 @tndriversunion]

Thank you to the 25+ Unions who have signed our letter calling on @Fly_Nashville to UNBAN the drivers who were unfairly retaliated against & banned from the airport for organizing for better conditions from @Uber & @lyft in the largest retaliation in American rideshare organizing

[Rideshare Drivers United @_drivers_united]

@Lola_Smallwood topics of automation in every industry. Not only is automation happening in Rideshare, but it is happening in every single industry from nursing to teaching. Which is why solidarity is so important. Thank you @CaliforniaLabor & @UCBLaborCenter for the invite

[Rideshare Drivers United @_drivers_united]

Happy Friday Drivers!
This week, we’ve been incredibly busy organizing and building for change with our friends up in Sacramento. On Tuesday, January 14th, 2025, RDU leaders Alvaro Bolainez, Mohammad Raza, and Ivan Pardo spoke to Sen. Lola Smallwood-Cuevas, (@Lola_Smallwood)

[Rideshare Drivers United @_drivers_united]

@Lola_Smallwood By doing meetings like this, we can actually make a difference in stopping the deterioration of our industry.
Second, we attended the “Making Tech Work for Workers conference” where we met with our colleagues from all over labor and academia to really dig into the