Uber drivers plan shutdown over 'poverty wages' as company goes public

By artappraiser on Thu, 04/25/2019 - 3:56am |

By Kari Paul in San Francisco for TheGuardian.com, April 24

Uber drivers in the US will stage a shutdown for 12 hours to protest against poor working conditions and low wages as the company goes public in May.

Drivers will log off the app in seven cities starting at noon on 8 May, the day Uber is expected to make its IPO. Drivers in San Francisco will also protest in front of the Uber headquarters. The action is backed by driver collectives including Gig Workers Rising in Northern California, Rideshare Drivers United in Los Angeles, and Chicago Rideshare Advocates. “Uber’s much-anticipated IPO will put millions into the pockets of executives, but the drivers who are the core of the service of the company will get nothing,” Shona Clarkson, an organizer with Gig Workers Rising, said [....]

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https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2019/apr/24/uber-drivers-strike-ipo