PLEDGE: Show Solidarity with Uber, Lyft & All Gig Economy Workers!
On Wednesday May 8, Uber and Lyft drivers will conduct a one day strike in Boston, Chicago, Minneapolis, Philadelphia, San Diego, San Francisco, Washington, D.C., and other cities. May 8 is also the day that Uber, a multibillion dollar global company with nearly 25,000 workers around the world, will be selling stocks on the New York Stock Exchange for the first time.
The International Workers Solidarity Network is issuing this urgent call to pledge to take action in solidarity with these workers!
They are demanding increased pay, basic benefits, decision-making transparency, and a greater voice for drivers. These poorly paid and mistreated workers are on the cutting edge of the gig economy. Showing solidarity with them is showing solidarity with all workers!
Tell the billionaire owners of Uber and Lyft that they cannot get even richer on stocks while drivers are underpaid, overworked and voiceless.
SIGN THE SOLIDARITY PLEDGE
- On May 8, do not use Uber or Lyft and turn the app off in solidarity with striking workers.
- If an action is planned in your city, be on the picket lines with Uber and Lyft workers.
- If there is not an action planned in your city, show your solidarity by:
- organizing a demonstration or picket at a public and visible location;
- distributing fliers and other informational material at grocery stores, transit hubs, and other locations where workers gather;
- or by organizing other creative actions, no matter how modest or small in numbers, to spread the word about the courageous action these workers are taking to fightback
Let us know what you have planned by emailing info@workersolidarity.net so we can help to spread the word.
The Most Revolutionary Act 
A one day strike is not going to work and these app mad people with their smartphones would rather drop dead than remove ANY app from their phone. I have never used an Uber, Lyft or any of that nonsense and after hearing about rapes and other forms of assault that women have experienced in those vehicles, I would not take one if I was stranded in the middle of a desert.
American descendants of slaves tried to show whites how to go about effecting change, but today, everyone thinks that a one day strike is going to get it done; that’s not why the Montgomery Bus Boycott was effective. Black people refused to ride buses and the boycott lasted for 381 days. You seriously think people are going to sustain that kind of momentum in this day and age? The French might, but Amerikkkans? Get real! Also, back then, there was a sense of community. Today, that is no longer true. There are no close knit communities and people don’t get along. Not to mention, they believe that they have friends thousands of miles away when they don’t even know who their neighbors are and could care even less about them.
We long ago sold our souls to corporations and now we are too broke to even attempt to buy them back. That’s on US.
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Wow, what you’re saying about Blacks leading the way politically is absolutely consistent with everything I’ve read and my own personal experience, Shelby. I was very lucky to have two African American mentors to teach me about organizing. Our communities have also broken down here in New Zealand, but we are fortunate to have a group of people committed to repairing this problem in New Plymouth.
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