Uber drivers strike in New York City after pay increase temporarily blocked

Source: ABC News

Uber drivers strike in New York City after pay increase temporarily blocked

A lawsuit from Uber temporarily blocked a pay increase last month.

ByMax Zahn
January 5, 2023, 1:16 PM

Hundreds of Uber drivers in New York City are carrying out a day-long strike on Thursday after a lawsuit from the rideshare company temporarily blocked a pay increase set to take effect last month.

Striking drivers were set to hold a rally at the Manhattan headquarters of Uber, demanding the company drop its legal challenge and allow the pay increase to go forward.

A new rule from the Taxi and Limousine Commission, a city agency, would significantly raise minimum compensation for rideshare drivers, hiking pay by more than 7% per minute and 23% per mile.

The pay bump will yield a typical rideshare driver an additional $1,000 each month, said the New York Taxi Workers Alliance, or NYTWA, a labor group that organized the strike.

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