Need a ride from LaGuardia? Plan ahead: The union says Uber and Lyft drivers will be striking next Sunday.
Make your contribution now and help Gothamist thrive in 2023.The New York Taxi Workers Alliance is planning to hold its third strike to protest of Uber blocking pay raises for drivers.
At LaGuardia Airport Sunday, New York Taxi Workers Alliance executive director Bhairavi Desai announced a one-week countdown to a strike. According to the alliance, Uber and Lyft drivers won't pick up fares at the airport from noon to midnight next Sunday, Feb. 26. "Drivers are sick and tired of low wages, of having Uber sue to steal a raise that was meant for the drivers to help cover for the cost of gasoline and vehicle expenses," she said.
The group says it represents 21,000 yellow cab, green car, black car, livery and app-dispatched drivers., and set to go into effect Dec. 19. But a judge issued a temporary restraining order after Uber sued the Taxi and Limousine Commission.Then, last month, a Manhattan Supreme Court ruled that though drivers “deserved the boost,” the Taxi and Limousine Commission had “
. Judge Arthur Engoron encouraged the commission to give clearer reasoning, with detailed math when it next tries to increase rates."Drivers are sounding the alarm after Uber sued to stop raises despite making record profits and ashowed that the company is taking a larger cut of passenger fares," the New York Taxi Workers Alliance wrote in an announcement of the planned strike.
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