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October 28, 2025 at 8:28 PM
Read AALDEF's report on NYC Uber & Lyft driver deactivations here: bit.ly/AALDEFReport...
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October 28, 2025 at 8:27 PM
Read AALDEF's report on NYC Uber & Lyft driver deactivations here: bit.ly/AALDEFReport...
AALDEF's report on unjust Uber and Lyft driver deactivations found a racialized pattern of economic exclusion: 95% of surveyed drivers identified as people of color, with Asian drivers comprising nearly 69% of respondents.
October 28, 2025 at 8:27 PM
AALDEF's report on unjust Uber and Lyft driver deactivations found a racialized pattern of economic exclusion: 95% of surveyed drivers identified as people of color, with Asian drivers comprising nearly 69% of respondents.
Drivers are deactivated with no due process. Uber and Lyft penalized drivers based on vague allegations without disclosing dates, details, or evidence, and without giving drivers an opportunity to review or rebut allegations.
October 28, 2025 at 8:27 PM
Drivers are deactivated with no due process. Uber and Lyft penalized drivers based on vague allegations without disclosing dates, details, or evidence, and without giving drivers an opportunity to review or rebut allegations.
Appeals almost never lead to reactivation: Nearly all surveyed Uber and Lyft drivers attempted to appeal their deactivations but more than 90% remained permanently locked out of their accounts.
October 28, 2025 at 8:27 PM
Appeals almost never lead to reactivation: Nearly all surveyed Uber and Lyft drivers attempted to appeal their deactivations but more than 90% remained permanently locked out of their accounts.
Uber and Lyft deactivate drivers without notice: 70% of drivers deactivated by Uber and 76% of drivers deactivated by Lyft were deactivated without any prior notice.
October 28, 2025 at 8:27 PM
Uber and Lyft deactivate drivers without notice: 70% of drivers deactivated by Uber and 76% of drivers deactivated by Lyft were deactivated without any prior notice.
AALDEF independently analyzed anonymized data from nearly 350 surveys of deactivated drivers conducted by NYTWA. Deactivated drivers were largely long-time, high-performing workers with excellent ratings and no records of misconduct.
October 28, 2025 at 8:27 PM
AALDEF independently analyzed anonymized data from nearly 350 surveys of deactivated drivers conducted by NYTWA. Deactivated drivers were largely long-time, high-performing workers with excellent ratings and no records of misconduct.
Solidarity from NYC!
October 8, 2025 at 4:14 PM
Solidarity from NYC!
Intro 276 "will give drivers the assurance that there will be due process. They won't have to work under the same pressures and succumb to illegal turns the app might want them to make." - NYTWA ED Bhairavi Desai
October 7, 2025 at 6:49 PM
Intro 276 "will give drivers the assurance that there will be due process. They won't have to work under the same pressures and succumb to illegal turns the app might want them to make." - NYTWA ED Bhairavi Desai
“What Uber and Lyft have essentially done is turned every single person in the back seat into your direct supervisor, along with the algorithm on the app itself,” said [NYTWA ED Bhairavi] Desai, whose union represents Uber, Lyft, yellow and black car drivers.
October 7, 2025 at 6:49 PM
“What Uber and Lyft have essentially done is turned every single person in the back seat into your direct supervisor, along with the algorithm on the app itself,” said [NYTWA ED Bhairavi] Desai, whose union represents Uber, Lyft, yellow and black car drivers.