A CALL TO CONSCIENCE: Taxi Drivers Urge Mayors Not To Cross Picket Line at Uber HQ on June 22
We the undersigned, taxi drivers and passengers from cities across the United States Urge our Mayors gathering in San Francisco for the Mayors Conference to boycott the Uber breakfast on Sunday June 21 and to respect the San Francisco Taxi Workers Alliance (SFTWA) Picket Line at the Uber headquarters on June 22. We urge you to stand in solidarity with taxi drivers of your city and the rest of the country, and join us at the Picket Line.
Events of the last three years should leave no doubt in your minds that Uber, and other "share the scraps economy" TNCs are not only unsafe and exploitative but depend on a model of part-time precarious work, and destroying the income of full time taxi workers. The recent decision of the California Labor Commission that Uber drivers are misclassified employees and the range of cases filed against TNCs (from uninsured services to false advertising) should also make visible to all, the fundamentally faulty business model that undergirds the tech-led image that such companies attempt to project.
We urge you to join the growing list of countries (France and Spain for instance) and municipalities (New Orleans to East Hampton) that have simply said NO to Uber and other TNCs and join us at the Picket Line at Uber HQ on June 22.
Updates
June 21, 2015
Seeing two hundred and fifty people back our fight is overwhelming when I know how many of us have struggled to pay bills while this company guts our industry. This is more support than I ever anticipated when I started this out of pure frustration. Your names prove that we are not fighting this battle alone.
Reached 250 supporters
June 21, 2015
June 20, 2015
My father spent thirty years behind the wheel of a taxi to keep our house standing and seeing his legacy treated as disposable by these companies breaks my heart. We are almost at the two hundred and fifty signature mark so please post this link on your social media right now to help us reach the mayors before they arrive.
Reached 100 supporters
June 20, 2015
June 18, 2015
My own livelihood depends on these mayors choosing their city workers over a predatory app. Please post this link to your social media feed right now so we can hit our goal and show them we are watching.
190 Comments
Think of the human tolls , the gap between money bags and the toiling New York City taxi drivers is wide enough, please Mayor , ,bedding with Uber kill the beat down drivers is not the right thing to do. Thanks.
The service is unregulated and will put licensed and regulated taxi drivers out of business. Then Uber will raise rates, once they are a monopoly and the profits will not go to drivers.
Make Uber and Lyft pay to play on a level playing field. They are a blatant scam designed to undercut license costs, skirt registration fees, forget about insurance responsibilities, doesn't require proper background checks, etc.
Taxi uber PERMIT COST 250000 0 COMM. INSU 10000+ 0 WORK COMM 3000+ 0 TELL ME MR MAYOR HOW I COMPETE.
As the chair of the Taxis For All Campaign & president of the 504 Democratic Club, I sincerely hope no one will cross that picket line. Uber violates disability rights laws daily, they need to do their fair share of providing transportation to people with disabilities.
Vote Miller
Taxi United
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A CALL TO CONSCIENCE: Taxi Drivers Urge Mayors Not To Cross Picket Line at Uber HQ on June 22
We the undersigned, taxi drivers and passengers from cities across the United States Urge our Mayors gathering in San Francisco for the Mayors Conference to boycott the Uber breakfast on Sunday June 21 and to respect the San Francisco Taxi Workers Alliance (SFTWA) Picket Line at the Uber headquarters on June 22. We urge you to stand in solidarity with taxi drivers of your city and the rest of the country, and join us at the Picket Line.
Events of the last three years should leave no doubt in your minds that Uber, and other "share the scraps economy" TNCs are not only unsafe and exploitative but depend on a model of part-time precarious work, and destroying the income of full time taxi workers. The recent decision of the California Labor Commission that Uber drivers are misclassified employees and the range of cases filed against TNCs (from uninsured services to false advertising) should also make visible to all, the fundamentally faulty business model that undergirds the tech-led image that such companies attempt to project.
We urge you to join the growing list of countries (France and Spain for instance) and municipalities (New Orleans to East Hampton) that have simply said NO to Uber and other TNCs and join us at the Picket Line at Uber HQ on June 22.
Updates
June 21, 2015
Seeing two hundred and fifty people back our fight is overwhelming when I know how many of us have struggled to pay bills while this company guts our industry. This is more support than I ever anticipated when I started this out of pure frustration. Your names prove that we are not fighting this battle alone.
Reached 250 supporters
June 21, 2015
June 20, 2015
My father spent thirty years behind the wheel of a taxi to keep our house standing and seeing his legacy treated as disposable by these companies breaks my heart. We are almost at the two hundred and fifty signature mark so please post this link on your social media right now to help us reach the mayors before they arrive.
Reached 100 supporters
June 20, 2015
June 18, 2015
My own livelihood depends on these mayors choosing their city workers over a predatory app. Please post this link to your social media feed right now so we can hit our goal and show them we are watching.
190 Comments
As a NYC Yellow Taxi driver I'm being hit adversely hard on my earnings by UBER pick ups right in front of my eyes every day in my city and I request an immediate stop to it. Thanks
Think of the human tolls , the gap between money bags and the toiling New York City taxi drivers is wide enough, please Mayor , ,bedding with Uber kill the beat down drivers is not the right thing to do. Thanks.
The service is unregulated and will put licensed and regulated taxi drivers out of business. Then Uber will raise rates, once they are a monopoly and the profits will not go to drivers.
Make Uber and Lyft pay to play on a level playing field. They are a blatant scam designed to undercut license costs, skirt registration fees, forget about insurance responsibilities, doesn't require proper background checks, etc.
Taxi uber PERMIT COST 250000 0 COMM. INSU 10000+ 0 WORK COMM 3000+ 0 TELL ME MR MAYOR HOW I COMPETE.
As the chair of the Taxis For All Campaign & president of the 504 Democratic Club, I sincerely hope no one will cross that picket line. Uber violates disability rights laws daily, they need to do their fair share of providing transportation to people with disabilities.
Vote Miller
Taxi United
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As a NYC Yellow Taxi driver I'm being hit adversely hard on my earnings by UBER pick ups right in front of my eyes every day in my city and I request an immediate stop to it. Thanks