NY Taxi Workers
@NYTWA
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NYTWA is the 28,000-member strong union of NYC professional drivers, uniting drivers of yellow cabs, green cars, black cars & app-dispatched. (718) 706-9892
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BREAKING NEWS:
2 words:
WE WON!!!!
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THANK YOU NYC!!!!
We have won a city-backed guarantee! Loans will be restructured to max $170K! No more debt beyond our lifetime. No more risk of losing homes.
DRIVER POWER! UNION POWER!
#EndCabbieDebt
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Brooklyn Bridge is SHUT DOWN! Taxi drivers demand debt forgiveness now!
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NO PICKUPS @ JFK Airport 6 PM to 7 PM today. Drivers stand in solidarity with thousands protesting inhumane & unconstitutional
#MuslimBan
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And we SHUT IT DOWN!!!
Yellow cab drivers take over the Brooklyn Bridge to demand debt forgiveness now!
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SHUT IT DOWN! Yellow cab drivers are protesting on the Queens Borough Bridge demanding debt relief so we can live!
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We cannot be silent. We go to work to welcome people to a land that once welcomed us. We will not be divided.
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BREAKING: We just shut down Brooklyn Bridge
This is Day 27.
We want justice.
Talk to the union!
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We shut down the Brooklyn Bridge because only direct action will get us what we need: medallion debt forgiveness now!
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STRIKE STRIKE STRIKE! We are calling on all people of good conscience in NYC to log off of the apps in 7 AM to 9 AM Wednesday, May 8th to support our strike. Don't use Uber, don't use Lyft. Log off of all the apps! Support app drivers demanding job security and livable incomes!
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And now we’ve SHUT DOWN the Queensboro Bridge!
Yellow cab drivers have been betrayed by the city and bilked by lenders. Over 80 percent now face food insecurity.
This is a crisis. We need relief now. That’s why we SHUT IT DOWN.
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NYC Uber drivers are ON STRIKE!!! Our strike goes until 11:59 pm tonight. We’re fighting for the raises that Uber stole from us!
Please do not cross our virtual picket line!
#UberStrike
#boycottuber
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BREAKING: NYTWA drivers call for one hour work stoppage @ JFK airport today 6 PM to 7 PM to protest
#muslimban
!
#nobannowall
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Today, drivers are joining the protest at JFK Airport in support of all those who are currently being detained
#NoBanNoWall
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Taxi Workers Alliance declares victory! Debt relief plan paves way to stabilize yellow cab industry!
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Debt is a life sentence to poverty. We've lost drivers to suicide from it. We need stimulus w extended unemployment + $600 reinstated, rent/mortgage support, aid to local cities/states, M4A and student debt cancelled. We don't need to choose. These are all working class issues.
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Victory!!! Debt relief plan includes a city backed guarantee and affordable monthly mortgages putting an end to 46 days of protest and 15 days of hunger strike.
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Good morning. Never settle for crumbs. We baked the pie. That's it. Back to the dancing.
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The city thinks it can ignore us, but they’re wrong.
For thousands of drivers across NYC, this struggle is a matter of life & death. We will not sit back while
@NYCMayor
consigns us to a lifetime of poverty & death in a debt trap.
Tomorrow at noon, we begin our hunger strike.
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It's official! NY Uber drivers are EMPLOYEES with right to unemployment benefits. NYS UI Appeal Board issues FINAL ruling rejecting Uber's position & siding with NYTWA Uber driver members. READ OUR RELEASE -
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Good morning NYC! UBER DRIVERS ARE ON STRIKE!!!
Here are drivers talking about why they turned off the the app today.
“I can’t believe that Uber did this to us. With all that we do for Uber and then can’t bare to see us get a raise.”
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From a member who worked last night during the storm:
Passenger paid $185.67
Driver was paid $78.51. (42%)
Lyft took $84.99. (45.8%)
Lyft profit > Pay for driver who got passenger to safety while car was submerged in water
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Our earliest champions:
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@AOC
may belong to the world but she's ours. TY for bringing light to our darkness and the 2+ years of work behind the scenes.
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@RitchieTorres
first as Councilman then as Congressman never gave up on the moral duty to do right by drivers.
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We need chairs & blankets. Our strikers are starting to spend time inside cars as the cold is hitting them. For the hours outside, we seek these amenities. We also seek a fund so they don't have to end their strike or return to work while striking.
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STRIKES WORK!!! Today, Uber and Lyft drivers in NYC won pay raises after we held 3 successful strikes!
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Thank you...
To the son-in-law of a cab driver who stood with us & for us and showered us with hope and encouragement.
@SenSchumer
forever driver family.
To the legend
@ZohranKMamdani
who camped out w us and brought a whole people's army. The working class will be alright.
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Fight fight fight! Housing is a human right! Proud to be holding the bridge with
@housing4allNY
marchers.
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📢 NYC Uber driver strike begins TONIGHT at 12:01 AM and goes for 24 hours!!!
Listen to drivers talking about why they are striking. 🧵
#UberStrike
#BoycottUber
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We won!!!!
Major ruling by a federal judge in NY this morning--that the state must start paying Uber and Lyft drivers traditional unemployment benefits promptly, without the months of delay they are typically subject to b/c of noncooperation by the companies.
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“My name is Balkar Singh & I’ve been driving for 32 years. I’ve been on hunger strike for 11 days. My head hurts and blood pressure is high. I feel weak but I’m continuing my strike bc winning debt relief would mean that me & my family would be able to survive.”
#EndCabbieDebt
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NYC taxi drivers have been financially ruined by unpayable medallion debt as a direct result of city policy. Many have committed suicide.
Now
@NYCMayor
wants to bail out the bankers who own the debt & abandon the drivers to lifelong poverty.
Help us stop the
#DeBlasioDebtTrap
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Drivers stand in solidarity w refugees coming to America in search of peace and safety and with those who are simply trying to return home
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HAPPENING NOW: 59th St Bridge is SHUT DOWN!!!
Yellow cab drivers demand debt relief NOW!
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To
@NYCComptroller
who vetted our proposal and never turned his back on bringing it home.
To
@jessicaramos
who championed a state bill to make a city victory possible.
To
@yuhline
our 15 day Hunger Striker for the endless love and spotlight on our struggle.
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Members of the New York Taxi Workers Alliance, representing over 28,000 yellow taxi, green cab, Uber and Lyft drivers, voted to join the global call for an immediate and permanent ceasefire in Gaza.
Read our statement here:
#CeasefireNOW
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Shutting down Manhattan Bridge in solidarity with fellow immigrant workers.
@MaketheRoadNY
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NYC BECOMES FIRST CITY IN THE NATION TO REGULATE APP DISPATCH COMPANIES!!! This victory belongs to the yellow cab, green car, Uber, Lyft, black car and livery driver who united in our union to fight for justice! READ OUR STATEMENT
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We are fighting for dignity. We are fighting for justice. We are fighting to feed our families. We need debt relief now.
DRIVERS SHUT IT DOWN!
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Today 2 PM at Battery Park City -
#NoBanNoWall
march. Protest against unconstitutional & inhumane
#MuslimBan
continues.
#RefugeesWelcome
We cannot be silent. We go to work to welcome people to a land that once welcomed us. We will not be divided.
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Happening Now! While
@NYCMayor
wines and dines with
#MeghanAndHarry
and
@GovKathyHochul
we want to know why he won't help cab drivers? Fix our crisis, Mr. Mayor!
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BREAKING: WE WON! O'Brien Staley Partners/OSK agrees to join the
@nyctaxi
guarantee program, reduce debts to $170K, halt seizures & offer same terms to those in court. Our champion
@SenSchumer
brokered the life-saving deal!
Our Cabbie Caravan is coming home from MN - triumphant!
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“Look, someone had my life and now I got it back,” he said recently, shaking his head in disbelief at times. He had just been relieved of $481,000 in debt.
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For today, our 9th day, we planned prayers for the 9 brothers we lost to suicide. The day feels even more heavy. Sending our solidarity to the loved ones of our Asian sisters killed in a on-the-job hate crime. We mourn and we organize. On too many days, we do both.
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Check our this beautiful scene of yellow taxi owner-drivers caravanning for debt relief. The rain is only making our grassroots movement stronger!
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Ding dong the bill is dead! UberLyft’s sham bargaining bill is dead in Albany. Here’s our statement:
“Uber thought that their old playbook would work in New York State in 2021. But the narrative has changed. People see through their company union and their boss lies.
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HAPPENING NOW: taxi drivers are lining up near City Hall to get ready for another day of caravans and slowdowns to demand debt relief!
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Today, we begin a hunger strike to fight for people like our sister, Dorothy Leconte, a Haitian immigrant & driver of nearly 40 years.
She owes almost $600,000 in medallion debt.
We will not let
@NYCMayor
leave us behind while he bails out the bankers profiting from our pain.
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Power to the Hunger Strikers!
Power to the Workers!
Power to the People!
Power to Victory!
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Sharing is the new euphemism for worker exploitation, meaning that workers share the scraps after corporations loot profits.
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NYC made $850M promoting predatory mortgages for inflated taxi medallions. It ruined thousands of drivers' lives.
@NYCMayor
says we can only afford to bail out the bankers.
But
@SenSchumer
got us $6B in federal aid. He says we can save the drivers too.
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Uber and Lyft drivers holding the strike line at LaGuardia Airport!
Support drivers! Do not cross our picket line!
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Drivers make Uber, Uber doesn’t make drivers. WE have the power!
#UberStrike
#BoycottUber
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Good news folks: Uber is now on the hook for unemployment insurance contributions for NY drivers! Uber withdrew its appeal of a ruling that found 3 former NYC Uber drivers and ALL SIMILARLY SITUATED drivers to be employees for the purposes of unemployment benefits!
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At 14 from the leader of 14 - can't get more special. Thank you Congresswoman for being our earliest champion and never wavering in your support. Here's to so much more in '22!
We’re back-back-back again!
Despite the challenges, we’ve accomplished so much together over the past year. Thank you to EVERYONE who zoomed, taught, organized, and built community with us.
Without further ado: 21 wins for 2021.
Want to join for ‘22? ➡️
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*OFFICIAL* NYC UBER/LYFT STRIKE SCHEDULE: 7AM-9AM STRIKE! All apps off! App driver leaders and organizers will be leafleting & holding banners at BROOKLYN BRIDGE - Brooklyn side - Tillary Street & Adams Street AND 59TH ST BRIDGE- Queens side - 41st Ave & Crescent Street 1/
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Drivers on day 12 of their hunger strike to
#EndCabbieDebt
are joined by 22 new strikers today.
We will not back down. Onward to victory!
Driver Power! Union Power!
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Just in time to steal Christmas from New York families, Uber is suing to stop the raise the TLC enacted for app drivers after months of public hearings, years of stalled wages, and the pandemic decimating incomes.
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We stand in solidarity w all of our peace-loving neighbors against this inhumane, cruel, & unconstitutional act of bigotry.
#NoBanNoWall
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Drivers need relief from crushing medallion debt now. Mayor de Blasio, where are you?
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HAPPENING NOW AT JFK AIRPORT: Protest at JFK Terminal 4 arrivals area against Trump's Executive Order banning Muslim REFUGEES & travelers
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Another Lyft payment from last night. The passenger paid $180.43. The driver was paid $63.10. That's *35%*
From this, drivers pay: vehicle, gas, repairs, maintenance, insurance, licensing, parking, etc.
Now imagine how much companies pay on non-storm nights.
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Stand with us to bring home the victory! Join the mass hunger strike for 24-hours+ this Sunday! Together we will win!
Sign-up here:
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We'll be there!
The fight is not over! See you all tomorrow at
#BatteryPark
tomorrow 2PM! March & Rally: We will end the
#MuslimBan
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#NoBanNoWall
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These 2 angels came to visit Uncle
@RichardChow929
and donated their allowance to the union. No we're not crying. So much love for the Strikers.
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Thank you
@CynthiaNixon
for showing up to support Uber & Lyft drivers protesting against the sham bargaining bill written by the bosses!
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Over the past 21 hours, hundreds of drivers have been posting screenshots of being offline & on Strike and how much Uber tried to use surge - bonuses on top of the fare - to bribe drivers back to work. If paying surges doesn't bankrupt
@Uber
, neither should the raise.
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A woman stopped by to make sure we were OK. She was worried we'd be out in the storm and asked us what we needed. Her commute from City Hall to home is 1.5 hours. No organization or social media account. She just heard about us. The people have our back. We are going to win.
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STRIKE STARTING NOW!
Uber & Lyft drivers are ON STRIKE at LaGuardia Airport. No pickups from now till 12 AM.
We STRIKE to win back our full raise – that is $3K - $5K still due to each us that Uber sued to stop.
#UberStrike
#UberLyftStrike
#BoycottUber
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$328 Million!!! Today, NYTWA members won a historic wage theft victory when Attorney General Leticia James announced a settlement with Uber & Lyft based on the wage theft complaint filed by our union.
That's $328 million back into the pockets of drivers!
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Jibreel is our youngest hunger striker, forgoing candy and fasting for 6 hours today! He’s one of 9
@DesisRisingUp
members who joined the strike calling on
@NYCMayor
to
#EndCabbieDebt
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Uber & Lyft: we're not bosses. drivers are their own bosses.
Also Uber & Lyft: drivers must maintain a 4.65838734 rating, keep their cars smelling of marshmallows, be ready to discuss GoT with passengers, never cancel rides, and buy mad candy.
#StrikeUberLyft
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NO UBER DRIVERS HERE! Where is everyone? Oh yeah, ON STRIKE!!!
#AppsOffMay8
#StrikeUberLyft
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When
@SenSchumer
called the Mayor in support of a city-backed guarantee, he said his 1 ask regarding the $6B in city aid he championed was for it to go for drivers & fix the debt crisis. That call changed everything & the day after the victory, we still feel like we're dreaming.
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Strikers have been posting screenshots of their $0 earnings for the day. No income to cover car & insurance or bread & milk. Greedy
@Uber
cannot understand drivers' determination - and will never defeat it. Thousands are sacrificing today for a better tomorrow. We will win.
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The Red Cross tells us there is a Resource Center set up at PS 391 - located at 2190 Folin St. - for residents affected by the fire at 333 E. 181st St in the Bronx. Families can also call 311 to file Missing Person report.
Please pass on. Many do not know yet.
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Our strike Uber & Lyft driver strike was a huge success and we have the receipts! 🧾💪🏾
11:38 PM last night: Uber was desperate to lure drivers into crossing the strike line at LaGuardia. 35 flights and only 1-5 cars in line.
#UberStrike
#UberLyftStrike
#BoycottUber
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Our 19,000-member-strong union stands firmly opposed to Donald Trump's
#MuslimBan
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#NoBanNoWall
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Read our full statement in support of the NYC Yemeni business owners' strike against unconstitutional & inhumane
#MuslimBan
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#NoBanNoWall
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And we’ve SHUT DOWN the Manhattan Bridge too!!!
Millions of undocumented and excluded workers have gone a year with no relief while billionaires got richer.
#FundExcludedWorkers
#TaxTheRich
Solidarity is a beautiful thing!
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Cabbies are doing a SLOOOOOWWWW DOWN for debt relief.
No more bankruptcies! No more suicides!
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‼️NYC Uber drivers call for a 2nd 24-hour strike on Jan. 5‼️
By Christmas, drivers already lost $6 million in income from Uber suing to block our raise.
Join us to fight
#UberGreed
& get our stolen raise back!
‼️Turn off the app on January 5th‼️
#UberStrike
#BoycottUber
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