Page 23 - Drivers Guild News Today : Breaking News, Live Updates & Top Stories | Vimarsana

Juansilvaphoto.com As it became clear that many workplaces – essential and less so – would remain open throughout the COVID-19 pandemic, ALIGN became a key player in a coalition of 70 unions, workers’ centers and nonprofits that have pushed the NY HERO Act. The bill sets enforceable workplace standards for testing, PPE, social distancing, hygiene and more. Maritza Silva-Farrell has led ALIGN, an alliance of labor and community organizations, since 2016. 52. Charlene Obernauer Executive Director, New York Committee for Occupational Safety and Health NYCOSH, the watchdog nonprofit that Ch...

If you take Uber and Lyft, you’ve probably realized some higher fares and longer wait times.

The loans came as Uber and gig economy companies added billions to their stock values after defeating an effort to make drivers employees.

Updated on March 14, 2021 at 5:52 pm NBCUniversal Media, LLC Police have arrested a 25-year-old man who, according to law enforcement, kidnapped and sexually assaulted an Uber driver in the southwest suburbs before driving to Chicago’s Little Village neighborhood, authorities said. Andrew Anania was apprehended in the 2300 block of South Central Park Avenue Sunday following an investigation by several law enforcement agencies including the suburban Major Case Assistance Team, the United States Marshals and the Chicago Police Department. Get the answer to your most-asked COVID vaccine que...

Rideshare drivers are being increasingly targeted by carjackers, according to the Independent Drivers Guild, a group aiming to obtain more protections for their members as carjackings increase in the city. The group has released a list of several demands including passenger verification, using mandatory profile photos, as well as a voice-activated panic button. "We can not get on the app without taking a picture without a face mask on, but when people get in our cars we have no idea who they are, where they’re coming from and what they’ve ever done," Gills explained. In regard to the rec...