Drivers Union OR
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The independent, worker-led voice for fairness for Oregon rideshare drivers. Follow along as we fight to win, protect, and expand drivers' rights. When we fight, WE WIN! 💙✊🏿🤍✊️🖤✊🏻 driversunionor.org
Uber Eats and DoorDash hid tip buttons and set default tips below 10%. As a result, tips for delivery workers fell 79%. In January, we made these corporations change their apps — and in the past six months, we've put $104 million back in delivery workers' pockets. This is only the beginning.
Yesterday PBOT presented to the Public Works Committee regarding Autonomous Vehicles (AVs) in Portland. Key takeaways: 1. Over ⅓ of those who gave public comment are concerned about labour impacts 2. Over ½ are concerned about safety impacts 3. PBOT was asked to work on an ordinance
Portland City Council unanimously passed an ordinance to create a Drivers' Resource Center to provide culturally competent support to Uber & Lyft drivers in our greatest moments of need. Whether it be a wage complaint, deactivation, or outreach & education. This is just THE BEGINNING!
Uber & Lyft charge riders different prices for the same ride, and riders have no idea this is happening....UNTIL NOW! Consumer Reports just released another banger of a study where volunteers from across the nation ordered the same rides at the same time. www.consumerreports.org/money/questi...
Different Prices for the Same Ride: How Uber and Lyft Use AI to Get More Money Out of You - Consumer Reports
Consumer Reports found Uber and Lyft use algorithmic pricing to give different consumers very different prices for the same rides.
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Portland City Council may soon consider capping Uber/Lyft’s grab of driver earnings. Uber and Lyft driver pay is down — even though rider cost is up. It's no mystery as to why.https://nwlaborpress.org/2026/06/portland-may-look-at-capping-uber-lyfts-grab-of-driver-earnings/
Portland may look at capping Uber/Lyft’s grab of driver earnings
Driver pay is down even though rider cost is up. It's no mystery as to why.
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Good afternoon, Portland! Today at City Life we have a short agenda: we’ll hear from Portlanders and then we’ll be considering a proposal aimed at helping gig drivers who work for companies like Lyft and Uber. Tune in here:
Portland City Council City Life Committee 06/09/26
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BREAKING NEWS! The Driver Resource Center ordinance passed Portland City Council committee vote 5-0! Now it will go to full Council. 1 step closer to the in-language, in-person support hub for Uber & Lyft drivers. Thanks to the City Life members & our Council champs for your support & engagement!
We're back at it again! Had an informative conversation with the Committee on City Life on why Portland riders & drivers deserve Fairness in Rideshare. Together we will pass fair pay for drivers, protections from rider price gouging, and fare transparency. The legucation continues. #sharethefare
Great piece from More Perfect Union on what's not talked about enough. While despite the safety illusion Waymo creates, the reports of Waymo rides gone wrong continue to pile up, there's a big picture threat AVs pose to jobs for low wage workers. #saynotowaymo #waymohellno youtu.be/ZqVuNSx7sgs?...
Driverless Cars Are Doing Something Worse Than Crashing
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The fight against Autonomous Vehicles in Oregon aint over! Portland Bureau of Transportation is proposing rules that would enable testing & permitting of AVs. Essential transit workers & safety on our streets are at risk! Learn more & speak out by April 4th Portland.gov share.google/ZLh0w4bI9APu...
BREAKING: Today Portland City Councilor Steve Novick introduced a proposal (a collab between Council & our union) to CAP UBER & LYFT'S TAKE RATE AT 20% and give riders & drivers FARE TRANSPARENCY! Honoured to take next steps in our journey. Let's get after it! 💙✊🏿🤍✊️🖤✊🏻 #sharethefare #driverpower
Tomorrow (Wednesday, 2/25) night! Come to 350PDX's Action Night! After a short film, Councilor Kanal @councilorkanal.bsky.social will speak about chemical munitions legislation, and a panel discussion will follow. Details & RSVP: 350pdx.org/event/tear-g... #Portland #PortlandProtest #teargas
Federal agents are poisoning our neighborhoods with chemical weapons. Come to 350PDX's action night at 6pm, Wed., Feb. 25 for a short film screening, panel discussion, & some preliminary info on the ordinance I'm developing to limit tear gas in Portland. RSVP at 350pdx.org/event/tear-g... #TearGas
Action Night! Tear Gas: Film & Speakers - 350PDX: Climate Justice
When we scheduled our February Action Night, “The Dangers of Tear Gas,” we did not realize how timely the event would be. Federal agents have once again escalated the use of chemical […]
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Portland City Council Votes To Reshape Its Committee Structure https://loom.ly/Bjj3aH8
Portland City Council Votes To Reshape Its Committee Structure
Portland’s transition to a new form of government last January brought new practices and procedures for the City Council. Among the largest changes, impacting both the Council and members of the public, was the introduction of eight policy committees. The committees, which considered topics including transportation, climate, finance, homelessness, and public safety, were intended to provide a focused venue for councilors to introduce legislation and hold conversations on specific topics, as w...
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BREAKING NEWS: HB 4085, which would've allowed dangerous, unpopular, job-killing robovehicles into our state in 2026 IS DEAD! Community members have spoken, and this bill missed the mark on so many levels. Oregonians don't need AVs, Waymo, Lyft & Uber do! 💙✊🏿🤍✊️🖤✊🏻💙✊🏿🤍✊️🖤✊🏻 #saynotowaymo
PLEASE STAND WITH OREGON UBER/LYFT DRIVERS & SAY NO TO DANGEROUS, JOB-KILLING ROBOTAXIS!!! E-MAIL THE HOUSE TRANSPORTATION COMMITTEE & URGE THEM TO OPPOSE HB 4085: actionbutton.nationbuilder.com/share/SPK-QE...
Waymo is lobbying lawmakers to allow experimental, unsafe, discriminatory, job-killing robotaxis into our state. Oregon rideshare drivers & passengers demand fair pay & transparency, not this! Let's come together as a community and say #waymohellno! #saynotowaymo #NOonHB4085
Man I fucking hate a bully. My blood is boiling watching the videos of kids, families, and union members getting gassed by ICE.
The force that teargassed workers, families, children, and elders who were peacefully protesting is the same force that has kidnapped sick kids and murdered two Minneapolis neighbors on our streets. We can’t appeal to the moral conscience of a system that has none. We have to win.
Trump's ICE has no place in Oregon. The use of tear gas against families, children, and peaceful demonstrators yesterday is a horrific abuse of authority that undermines public safety and violates constitutional rights. Federal agents must stand down and be held accountable.
Anti-ICE protest draws massive crowd at South Portland facility, feds deploy tear gas
Thousands of demonstrators who marched to the ICE building were met with pepper balls and tear gas within minutes of their arrival.
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The ACLU wants to hear from any families with kids or anyone who was significantly impacted by the use of chemical munitions at yesterday’s protest. Please email my office so we can help connect you with their legal team.
Our driver community has been targeted nationally & even just recently in Portland. Today union & community members demonstrated peacefully against ICE. Unfortunately we were assaulted by federal agents. How can you shoot tear gas & flashbang grenades at kids & pets?! This will not stand! #iceout
Thanks @councilormorillo.bsky.social for being in community with us. Looking forward to continuing to work together for fairness & equity for rideshare drivers and passengers. Our community cares about driver rights, and it means alot that Council does too. #sharethefare #UnionStrong #driverpower
If you're in the Lloyd area, you might have seen a flier at your house. I might have missed you at the door, but please come out to our Town Hall in Lloyd Center next Friday (12/19) at 5:30!
Wednesday: - Homelessness Response System Key Performance Indicators - State & Federal Legislative Agendas for 2026 Thursday: - Financial audits of FY 2024-25 - Initiating a pilot, for the parks bureau, for a new system of budgeting - And finally, appointing the PSR Committee! See you there! 2/2
CITY COUNCIL MEETING 12/17-12/18 Council is holding its monthly evening meeting this Wednesday, 12/17 (6-9 PM scheduled, we'll finish the in-progress item at 9 so it could go a bit longer), with extra items scheduled for 12/18 (2-5 PM). Full agenda at the link. Here are some highlights: 1/2
City Council | Portland.gov
City Council holds regular meetings at 9:30 a.m. on the first, second, fourth and fifth Wednesday and 6:00 p.m. on the third Wednesday of each month. If there is sufficient business, additional meetin...
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THIS IS WHAT WORKER POWER LOOKS LIKE!!! #sisepuede
More Perfect Union@moreperfectunion.bsky.social · 8mo agoUtah has repealed a law that barred public unions from negotiating on behalf of their members. Republican Gov. Spencer Cox approved the rollback of one of the most anti-union laws in the country after thousands of union members rallied outside his office for a week. apnews.com/article/utah...
Utah has repealed a law that barred public unions from negotiating on behalf of their members. Republican Gov. Spencer Cox approved the rollback of one of the most anti-union laws in the country after thousands of union members rallied outside his office for a week. apnews.com/article/utah...
Utah repeals ban on collective bargaining for teachers, firefighters and police unions
Utah has repealed a collective bargaining ban that prevented labor unions serving teachers, firefighters, police and other public employees from negotiating on behalf of their workers.
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This driver was paid barely ½! Riders don't know they're being gouged or that their driver's being undercut. Say no to algorithmic discrimination & arbitrarily high commissions, and yes to FAIR PAY & TRANSPARENCY! #driverpower #sharethefare #UnionStrong
