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Buttigieg invigorates caravan of rideshare drivers, joins protests at Uber’s SF HQ

KTVU Fox San Francisco
August 27, 2019

Democratic Presidential candidate and current mayor of South Bend, Indiana Pete Buttigieg joined rideshare drivers protesting outside Uber’s San Francisco headquarters on Tuesday.


Bay Area Uber, Lyft drivers rally on 500-mile ‘pilgrimage’ to Sacramento

ABC 7 San Francisco
August 27, 2019

Some Uber and Lyft drivers are on what they call a 500-mile “pilgrimage” to Sacramento in support of State Assembly Bill 5.


Uber and Lyft drivers demand better pay, push to unionize

YourCentralValley.com
August 26, 2019

A 500 mile Uber and Lyft pilgrimage is underway. The goal: to get Assembly Bill 5 passed and union rights for rideshare drivers.


Uber, Lyft drivers make symbolic stop in Delano during ride to Sacramento for worker protections

KGET 17 – Bakersfield
August 26, 2019

Hundreds of Uber and Lyft drivers en route to Sacramento from Los Angeles made a symbolic stop in Delano to meet with United Farm Workers members at the historic Our Lady of Guadalupe church.


Conductores de biajes compartidos comenzaron su peregrinación de tres días de Los ángeles a Sacramento

La Opinión
August 26, 2019

Hace poco más de cinco años Luis H. Rodríguez decidió dejar su empleo de taxista para incorporarse al lucrativo negocio de conducir su automóvil propio en viajes compartidos para la compañía Uber.


Hundreds of Uber and Lyft drivers to launch a protest caravan across California

Tech Crunch
August 22, 2019

Yesterday, California-based advocacy organizations Gig Workers Rising and Mobile Workers Alliance announced that a caravan of Uber and Lyft drivers will drive from SoCal through San Francisco to Sacramento, next Monday, August 26 through Wednesday, August 28th.


Uber, Lyft drivers rally in downtown Los Angeles to demand better wages, employment rights

Channel 7 Eyewitness News
June 19, 2019

Dozens of Uber and Lyft drivers held a demonstration outside Lyft’s hub in downtown Los Angeles, where they called for improved working conditions, a $30-an-hour wage and workers’ rights.


Oxnard council steers budget cuts away from fire station, library, boxing gym

Ventura County Star
June 6, 2019

The council directed the staff to meet with representatives of labor unions, including Service Employees International Union. Leaders of SEIU Local 721, which has 16 members affected by the layoffs, said they have ideas to cut the budget without layoffs.


Patient safety, care at jeopardy with Ventura County Medical Center layoffs, employees say

Ventura County Star
June 4, 2019

Dozens of hospital employees, some carrying signs, all worrying about layoffs they say will jeopardize patients, crowded into a Ventura County Board of Supervisors meeting Tuesday and asked for a reprieve.


Uber and Lyft Drivers Strike Alongside Fast Food Workers in LA, Demand $30 Minimum Wage

Gizmodo
May 23, 2019

Around 100 rideshare drivers protested their working conditions this afternoon in Los Angeles, engaging in a “take over” of an Uber Hub, before joining up with a contingent of fast food workers from McDonald’s who were striking for the right to unionize.


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