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Thousands of drivers for companies like Uber, Lyft, and DoorDash plan to go on strike for two hours on Valentine's Day.The strike will occur in 10 cities between 11 a.m. and 1 p.m. local time on Wednesday. The cities include Austin, Chicago, Hartford, Miami, Newark, Orlando, Philadelphia, Pittsburgh, Rhode Island, and Tampa. The striking workers say they will offer no rides from airports in the affected cities.
That's because drivers in 10 cities say they won't be working between 11 a.m. and 1 p.m. local time on Wednesday. It's part of a nationwide effort among rideshare drivers trying to bring attention to problems they say they face on the apps, from low pay to having their accounts suddenly deactivated. “We’re sick of working 80 hours/week just to make ends meet, being constantly scared for our safety and worrying about being deactivated with the click of a button,” the group said last week.
The demonstrations are set to take place about a week after Lyft said it would guarantee weekly earnings for drivers, a first in the U.S. ride-hailing industry as it looks to lure more drivers to its platform.
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