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The polls are still open, but we want to just stop & acknowledge how damn hard this fight has been for drivers.
We were outspent 10-1 by the richest firms in the world.
No matter what happens, we made Prop.22 a neck-&-neck race.
Driver organizing is the victory.
#NoOnProp22
We were outspent 10-1 by the richest firms in the world.
No matter what happens, we made Prop.22 a neck-&-neck race.
Driver organizing is the victory.
#NoOnProp22
Drivers did so much for this campaign. They've done protest after protest, rocking up to cities across California & multiple times to Uber's HQ in San Francisco.
Like when we brought a giant baby after the companies threatened to move out of the state... https://www.vice.com/en/article/bv8b5v/protesting-drivers-unveil-big-inflatable-diaped-up-baby-outside-uber-hq
Like when we brought a giant baby after the companies threatened to move out of the state... https://www.vice.com/en/article/bv8b5v/protesting-drivers-unveil-big-inflatable-diaped-up-baby-outside-uber-hq
Way back in May, we organized our first #NoOnProp22 action: A car caravan when Uber & Lyft announced they wouldn't comply w/state law & were funding a ballot measure instead.
Drivers took what they had—their cars—& put them on the line for their rights. https://www.vice.com/en/article/g5ppqq/uber-and-lyft-drivers-organize-caravan-outside-uber-hq
Drivers took what they had—their cars—& put them on the line for their rights. https://www.vice.com/en/article/g5ppqq/uber-and-lyft-drivers-organize-caravan-outside-uber-hq
We've done so many of these actions in cities across the state we've lost count.
We've talked to countless voters & drivers, passed out so much PPE when the companies failed to do so, & made sure everyone knew Prop. 22 would be ruinous for drivers. https://twitter.com/GigWorkersRise/status/1311416284710531073?s=20
We've talked to countless voters & drivers, passed out so much PPE when the companies failed to do so, & made sure everyone knew Prop. 22 would be ruinous for drivers. https://twitter.com/GigWorkersRise/status/1311416284710531073?s=20
And so many of our allies came together two weeks ago, bringing hundreds of people out to Uber's HQ against Prop. 22.
Drivers & janitors & Teamsters w/their big trucks & electeds & so many more joined us to protect our rights. https://twitter.com/GigWorkersRise/status/1316819743207157761?s=20
Drivers & janitors & Teamsters w/their big trucks & electeds & so many more joined us to protect our rights. https://twitter.com/GigWorkersRise/status/1316819743207157761?s=20
When we saw Uber's CEO in the NYT, we knew we couldn't let his lies go unchallenged, so Derrick, a GWR driver, wrote a strong response.
"To Uber, drivers are just another business cost to be solved for, not human beings who deserve to work with dignity." https://www.nytimes.com/2020/09/04/opinion/uber-drivers-california-regulations.html
"To Uber, drivers are just another business cost to be solved for, not human beings who deserve to work with dignity." https://www.nytimes.com/2020/09/04/opinion/uber-drivers-california-regulations.html
It wasn't just Uber drivers. Kurt, a software engineer at the company, said he was voting against Prop. 22 b/c he knew enough about the company to know it wouldn't treat drivers well.
"Workers are subsidizing the product with their free labor." https://techcrunch.com/2020/10/06/im-a-software-engineer-at-uber-im-voting-against-prop-22/
"Workers are subsidizing the product with their free labor." https://techcrunch.com/2020/10/06/im-a-software-engineer-at-uber-im-voting-against-prop-22/
And we helped tell so many driver stories, like that of Carlos, whose grandma fought a different Prop. 22 in the 70s that would've done to farmworkers what this would do to drivers.
“This fight for laborers, this fight for rights—it never goes away." https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2020/oct/15/california-proposition-22-uber-lyft
“This fight for laborers, this fight for rights—it never goes away." https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2020/oct/15/california-proposition-22-uber-lyft
Or just today, with Chase's story in the Post about how his pay has gone from as much as $400/day in 2016 to $150/day now, & how he has to start the week driving to Sac to rent a $260 Chevy Bolt.
“We cannot let this become a new normal in our society." https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2020/11/03/uber-prop22-results-california/
“We cannot let this become a new normal in our society." https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2020/11/03/uber-prop22-results-california/
Drivers have done so much for this campaign. They've told their stories to dozens of reporters, gone to protest after protest, & continued working this whole time.
We're so damn proud. Our organizing is powerful.
That is the victory, no matter what happens.
We're so damn proud. Our organizing is powerful.
That is the victory, no matter what happens.
