{"id":304807,"date":"2021-07-21T21:52:00","date_gmt":"2021-07-21T18:52:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/uber-and-lyft-drivers-strike-seek-passage-of-pro-act\/"},"modified":"2021-07-21T21:52:00","modified_gmt":"2021-07-21T18:52:00","slug":"uber-and-lyft-drivers-strike-seek-passage-of-pro-act","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/uber-and-lyft-drivers-strike-seek-passage-of-pro-act\/","title":{"rendered":"#: Uber and Lyft drivers strike, seek passage of PRO Act"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_85 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a3a97582c8a6\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: 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class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/uber-and-lyft-drivers-strike-seek-passage-of-pro-act\/#%E2%80%98The_PRO_Act_will_give_us_our_voice_and_give_us_the_power_to_make_changes_driver_and_organizer_says_while_demonstrating_in_Los_Angeles_one_of_ten_cities_with_demonstrations_planned_ahead_of_Senate_committee_hearing_on_pro-union_bill\" >\u2018The PRO Act will give us our voice and give us the power to make changes,\u2019 driver and organizer says while demonstrating in Los Angeles, one of ten cities with demonstrations planned ahead of Senate committee hearing on pro-union bill<\/a><ul class='ez-toc-list-level-4' ><li class='ez-toc-heading-level-4'><ul class='ez-toc-list-level-4' ><li class='ez-toc-heading-level-4'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/uber-and-lyft-drivers-strike-seek-passage-of-pro-act\/#Levi_Sumagaysay\" >Levi Sumagaysay<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/li><\/ul><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<p>&#8220;<strong>#: Uber and Lyft drivers strike, seek passage of PRO Act<\/strong>&#8221;<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"article__subhead\" itemprop=\"alternativeHeadline\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"%E2%80%98The_PRO_Act_will_give_us_our_voice_and_give_us_the_power_to_make_changes_driver_and_organizer_says_while_demonstrating_in_Los_Angeles_one_of_ten_cities_with_demonstrations_planned_ahead_of_Senate_committee_hearing_on_pro-union_bill\"><\/span>\n  \u2018The PRO Act will give us our voice and give us the power to make changes,\u2019 driver and organizer says while demonstrating in Los Angeles, one of ten cities with demonstrations planned ahead of Senate committee hearing on pro-union bill<br \/>\n<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p><\/p>\n<div class=\"column column--full article__content\">\n<div class=\"article__side\">\n<div class=\"container--sticky not-active\">\n<div id=\"cx-next\" 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data-theme=\"wsj-article-reader\" data-show-header=\"false\" data-show-subscribe=\"false\" data-ads-enabled=\"true\" data-save-publication=\"false\">\n        <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>       Ride-hailing drivers across the country executed a strike Wednesday, calling on the U.S. Senate to pass the PRO Act, a bill that would allow them to organize.<\/p>\n<p> In California, drivers say the promises Uber Technologies Inc<br \/>\n        UBER,<br \/>\n        <bg-quote field=\"percentchange\" format=\"0,000.00%\" channel=\"\/zigman2\/quotes\/211348248\/composite\" class=\"positive\">+2.92%<\/bg-quote><span>.<\/span><br \/>\n       and Lyft Inc.<br \/>\n        LYFT,<br \/>\n        <bg-quote field=\"percentchange\" format=\"0,000.00%\" channel=\"\/zigman2\/quotes\/208999293\/composite\" class=\"positive\">+5.78%<\/bg-quote><br \/>\n       made last year during the companies\u2019 record-breaking Proposition 22 campaign have fallen short. More than half of California voters passed the ballot initiative, which offered guaranteed earnings and health care stipends, allowing the companies to circumvent a state law that would\u2019ve required them to treat drivers as employees instead of independent contractors. Now drivers in the state say they still lack decent pay and benefits, and are asking federal lawmakers to act so they can gain the right to join unions and collectively bargain.<\/p>\n<div class=\"paywall\">\n       <strong>For more: Gig workers to see pay changes, customers to see higher prices after Prop. 22 passes<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>As Uber and Lyft acknowledge that prices for rides are high and that they don\u2019t have enough drivers to meet rising demand amid the COVID-19 pandemic, some drivers stopped working Wednesday and planned to converge Wednesday afternoon at Uber headquarters in San Francisco, at LAX and at a Lyft driver center in San Diego. Drivers also took action in seven other cities: Austin, Boston, Cleveland, Las Vegas, Pittsburgh, Denver and Baltimore.<\/p>\n<p><strong>See: Uber, Lyft drivers say new California law isn\u2019t solving their health-care needs<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe only job of a business is to make profit for their owners and stockholders,\u201d Esterphanie St. Juste, a longtime driver and organizer with Rideshare Drivers United (RDU) in Los Angeles, told MarketWatch on Wednesday. \u201cThe PRO Act will give us our voice and give us the power to make changes.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The drivers\u2019 action comes ahead of a Senate committee hearing on\u00a0<a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.congress.gov\/bill\/117th-congress\/house-bill\/842\/text\" class=\"icon none\">HR 482<\/a> \u2014 also known as the Protect the Right to Organize Act, or PRO Act \u2014 scheduled for Thursday morning. The bill, which the U.S. House of Representatives passed in March, has so far fallen short of the support it needs to be taken up by the Senate. <\/p>\n<p><strong>For more: Gig work could change under Biden\u2019s Labor secretary. Here\u2019s how<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>St. Juste said Uber has reduced what it pays drivers out of the Los Angeles International Airport to 32 cents a mile. \u201cCan you imagine being paid 32 cents for anything in the U.S., and with gas prices rising?\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<p>Brian Dolber, an associate professor at California State University, San Marcos who\u2019s also an organizer with RDU, said drivers out of LAX were previously making 58 cents a mile. \u201cPrior to that it was 80 cents per mile, and years before that it was $1.50,\u201d Dolber said. \u201cLong-term drivers have seen substantial decline in pay. These companies hooked people in where people were making a decent living, but without any legal protections, drivers saw their rates lowered repeatedly.\u201d<\/p>\n<div id=\"cx-membership-tile\"><\/div>\n<p>Uber and Lyft pushed back Wednesday.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDrivers are busier now than they were even before the pandemic started,\u201d a Lyft spokesman said. \u201cIn our top markets, drivers are making more than $30 an hour, substantially higher than pre-COVID.\u201d An Uber spokeswoman said the <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/social-mediaa\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"1\" title=\"Social Media\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">media<\/a>n earnings for Uber drivers when they are on the <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/download-scripts-themes-apps\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"9\" title=\"Download Scripts &amp; Themes &amp; Apps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">app<\/a> is $32.33 an hour.<\/p>\n<p>Both companies touted \u201cdriver independence\u201d in their response to drivers urging lawmakers to pass the PRO Act.<\/p>\n<p><strong>See: PRO Act, called \u2018most important labor legislation in several generations,\u2019 passes House<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u201cLyft is fighting to expand benefits and protections for drivers in a way that allows them to keep their independence,\u201d that company\u2019s spokesman said. The Uber spokeswoman said: \u201cUber believes we should advance policies that improve independent work, instead of eliminating it.\u201d<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div class=\"byline article__byline\">\n<p>      <span>By<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"author  hasMenu\" data-scrim='{\"type\":\"author\",\"header\":\"Levi Sumagaysay\",\"subhead\":\"The Wall Street Journal\",\"list\":[]}' itemscope itemprop=\"author\" itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/Person\">\n<h4 itemprop=\"name\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Levi_Sumagaysay\"><\/span>Levi Sumagaysay<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h4>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<blockquote><p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">If you liked the article, do not forget to share it with your friends. 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