@MorePerfectUS
If we don't use every resource at our disposal from boycotts, to legislative engagement, litigation...we're going to wake up in a dystopian shit hole where every purchase is an AI cash grab to steal every dime they can. Is that what we want to leave the next generation?!?
@Brooklynmonk
@JoshuaPHilll
It seems to me to be equally plain that no business which depends for existence on paying less than living wages to its workers has any right to continue in this country. -FDR
@Sneegsnag
Unfortunately, Uber has cut driver pay down to pennies per mile over cost, so a lot of drivers are now using multiple gig apps. The driver might simply have gotten a higher paying offer from another app.
One thing
@Uber
and
@Lyft
have failed to explain...
@dkhos
@davidrisher
.
You accepted a deal in Seattle that pays more than what the Minneapolis ordinance requires. Why is Minneapolis not as worthy? Why is Houston, Dallas, San Antonio, Austin, Miami, Denver, Nashville, Memphis
Friends let me be the first, and I hope not the last to call for a nationwide boycott of Wendy's. We can not allow this bullshit to continue unanswered.
#BoycottWendys
AUSTIN, TEXAS! We need a little help on New Years Eve! Lyft decided to get greedy and start taking 60 to 80% of the $$. Miss the days when the cars were flawlessly clean, stocked w/ water & mints? So do we. But we can't do that when we can't pay rent.
#BoycottLyft
#NYE
𝗨𝗕𝗘𝗥 𝗪𝗥𝗢𝗧𝗘 𝗧𝗛𝗘𝗜𝗥 𝗢𝗪𝗡 𝗟𝗔𝗪 𝗜𝗡 𝗧𝗘𝗫𝗔𝗦, 𝗜𝗧𝗦 𝗨𝗣 𝗧𝗢 𝗬𝗢𝗨 𝗠𝗔𝗞𝗘 𝗦𝗨𝗥𝗘 𝗪𝗘 𝗚𝗘𝗧 𝗧𝗢 𝗥𝗘-𝗪𝗥𝗜𝗧𝗘 𝗜𝗧 𝗙𝗢𝗥 𝗧𝗛𝗘𝗠!
"In several states, including Ohio, Texas, and Florida, public records unearthed by the National Employment Law Program
This bullshit of
#Uber
not honoring a cleaning fee without a receipt is over the top. The number one time of day for that is 2AM. You're going to let the puke sit in the car until a car detailing company opens Monday and lose the income in between. PULL YOUR HEAD OUT OF YOUR ASS
@dkhos
@Uber
Driver "offer" vs Pax Price. Dishonest Dara reaches the S&P by brutally screwing over drivers...forgive us if we aren't clapping while you lie to everyone.
The veto is overridden! Minneapolis becomes the next city to make a minimum pay rate the law!
1.40/mile and 51 cents a minute is now law, to take effect May 1st. They called the ShitStick twins on their bluff. Hell yeah.
The Minnesota Uber/Lyft Driver Association got it
𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗠𝗜𝗡𝗡𝗘𝗔𝗣𝗢𝗟𝗜𝗦 𝗠𝗬𝗧𝗛𝗦: 𝗩𝗢𝗟𝗨𝗠𝗘 𝟭 - 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗨𝗕𝗘𝗥 𝗕𝗨𝗟𝗟𝗬
We need to talk about the Minneapolis Uber/Lyft Myths.
1.) Uber is pulling out, and 10,000 people will be out of work.
We'll let the media field this one for us.
In a statement Thursday afternoon, Uber wrote: "We are disappointed the Council chose to ignore the data and kick Uber out of the Twin Cities, putting 10,000 people out of work and leaving many stranded. But we know that by working together with all stakeholders - drivers, riders
𝗔𝗡 𝗜𝗡𝗖𝗢𝗡𝗩𝗘𝗡𝗜𝗘𝗡𝗧 𝗢𝗩𝗘𝗥𝗟𝗢𝗢𝗞𝗘𝗗 𝗧𝗥𝗨𝗧𝗛...
The
#Uber
and
#Lyft
CEOs have spent years telling the public that they pay drivers more than 30 dollars an hour. Now they're so mad that they're leaving because the
#Minneapolis
City Council is requiring them to
𝗛𝗲𝗮𝗱𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗲: 𝗛𝘂𝗺𝗮𝗻 𝘃𝘀. 𝗔𝗹𝗴𝗼𝗿𝗶𝘁𝗵𝗺: 𝗗𝗲𝘀𝗽𝗲𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗲 𝗥𝗶𝗱𝗲𝘀𝗵𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝗗𝗿𝗶𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘀 𝗗𝗲𝘀𝗰𝗲𝗻𝗱 𝗼𝗻 𝗧𝗲𝘅𝗮𝘀 𝗖𝗮𝗽𝗶𝘁𝗼𝗹 𝗶𝗻 𝗙𝗶𝗴𝗵𝘁 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗙𝗮𝗶𝗿 𝗣𝗮𝘆
𝙎𝙩𝙤𝙧𝙮 𝘼𝙡𝙚𝙧𝙩:
Buckle up, journalists, for a human story driven by a cold,
One of our
#Uber
drivers has been caught in the background check pending loop, losing a week of pay so far. Support said "not to worry, you can still do UberEats in the meantime". What's that look like in sunny Austin Tx?
#Texans
#ATX
#HTX
#DTX
#DFW
#SATX
#ElPaso
#RGV
𝟯 𝗦𝘂𝗽𝗿𝗶𝘀𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗙𝗮𝗰𝘁𝘀 𝗙𝗿𝗼𝗺 𝗨𝗯𝗲𝗿'𝘀 𝗬𝗲𝗮𝗿 𝗘𝗻𝗱 𝗡𝘂𝗺𝗯𝗲𝗿𝘀
1.4 million new drivers since last year, now totalling 6.8 million drivers.
45% Percent of the total money they took in went to drivers. Numbers don't lie, CEOs do.
1.9 Billion... the amount
𝗨𝗕𝗘𝗥 𝗔𝗡𝗗 𝗟𝗬𝗙𝗧 𝗙𝗢𝗥𝗖𝗘 𝗧𝗘𝗫𝗔𝗦 𝗧𝗔𝗫 𝗜𝗡𝗖𝗥𝗘𝗔𝗦𝗘.
Folks, S&P 500 corporation,
#Uber
and it's mini-me
#Lyft
decided to try to reach profitability by paying Texas drivers less than minimum wage. There is just one problem. When these folks can't pay their
@DocumentingATX
As a microbiologist specializing in infectious disease... I'm appalled. That is a bucket of hepatitis, hemorrhagic E. coli and dysentery... That's a very unpleasant publc health threat. I'm no lawyer, but maybe there is avenue for activists to force clean up on public health
𝗠𝗔𝗝𝗢𝗥 𝗔𝗡𝗡𝗢𝗨𝗡𝗖𝗘𝗠𝗘𝗡𝗧!
We have an exciting announcement...you asked, we listened. Announcing the formation of the Texas App Drivers Association; the public face of our efforts to create a better day for drivers. There are a few aims.
1.) Be the public face of
@dkhos
Listen crook, if you really gave a crap about police (or drivers), you wouldn't refuse to help police in 44% of the instances in which they ask for your help investigating a crime.
#Uber
@Uber
@dkhos
@davidrisher
@Lyft
#Lyft
Stop the ridiculous nonsense!!! All these stupid childish antics to screw people, like intentionally endangering drivers, riders and the public by giving drivers under 10 seconds to accept an offer.
Try evaluating pickup, drop off,
Friends, we need to blow up the social media accounts of twin cities media. Uber and Lyft are making real headway in the battle for public opinion. Fake ass drivers pretending they make bank and the whole works. Let this be a lesson to advocacy groups.
TEXAS SIZED RIDESHARE PROTEST
MONDAY FEBRUARY 5TH 1PM
TEXAS STATE CAPITOL
AUSTIN, TEXAS
Who's all coming down to the largest rideshare protest ever held in the south? Everything in Texas is a little bigger, including our protests! For you content creators, this would be a
Drivers all over the world have reached out, looking to have their voices heard. Who are we to resist? In terms of action, we are 100% committed to taking action in Texas. Think Globally, Act Locally!
Introducing a new addition to the team: ShameOnUberWorldwide (
@ShameOnUberWW
)
These motherfu*kers are as crooked as the day is long. Pay close attention at the end of the year, Uber overvalues their foreign equity investments in garbage companies with ownership stakes they can't even trade. They report that as gaining a billion dollars in value right
Another thing that there has been an irritating lack of reporting on. The state report made it clear that drivers use public assistance at disproportionate rates. This amounts to a public subsidy of Uber and Lyft's greed. There is no getting around paying the piper. The residents
There are 3 critical reasons Lyft's comprise is complete garbage.
1.) The Minnesota Study they're basing their offer on used 2022 data. Lyft has saturated the heck out of the market with new drivers since then. The compromise offer does not adequately address the decline in
𝗣𝗟𝗘𝗔𝗦𝗘 𝗠𝗥 𝗞𝗛𝗢𝗦𝗥𝗢𝗪𝗦𝗛𝗔𝗛𝗜, 𝗧𝗘𝗟𝗟 𝗨𝗦 𝗠𝗢𝗥𝗘 𝗟𝗜𝗘𝗦 𝗔𝗕𝗢𝗨𝗧 𝗬𝗢𝗨𝗥 𝗘𝗡𝗩𝗜𝗥𝗢𝗡𝗠𝗘𝗡𝗧𝗔𝗟 𝗖𝗢𝗠𝗠𝗜𝗧𝗠𝗘𝗡𝗧!
Austin Mayor Watson and
#SXSW
are about to host the Master of Fraud and Deceit for an environmental conversation. There is nothing
Maybe it would be useful to remember that Uber didn't end up in this predicament for good behavior. They chose to try to rob drivers with predatory, parasitic offers. Compromise is for good faith actors, not criminals disguised as essential services.
@MayorFrey
@GovTimWalz
We have a driver missing for 5 days in Austin, TX, his sim card sold & his cards used at area stores. We have this driver carjacked. All while
#Uber
CEO,
@dkhos
sits on his dead ass counting his loot. I'm livid w/ this POS company.
#ATX
#DFW
#HTX
#SATX
𝗖𝗔𝗟𝗟 𝗧𝗛𝗘𝗜𝗥 𝗕𝗟𝗨𝗙𝗙!!!
My friends pigs caught in an unbeneficial landscape squeal, that's just what they do. They squealed up a storm in Seattle & NYC. They're preparing to spend millions to squeal in CA, like they did in CO, MA, FL, TX & beyond. LET THEM SQUEAL!
@MorePerfectUS
𝗔𝗡 𝗜𝗡𝗖𝗢𝗡𝗩𝗘𝗡𝗜𝗘𝗡𝗧 𝗢𝗩𝗘𝗥𝗟𝗢𝗢𝗞𝗘𝗗 𝗧𝗥𝗨𝗧𝗛...
The
#Uber
and
#Lyft
CEOs have spent years telling the public that they pay drivers more than 30 dollars an hour. Now they're so mad that they're leaving because the
#Minneapolis
City Council is requiring them to
So I've gotten a couple questions to the effect of "why do you care so much what happens in Minnesota when you're 1000 miles away". The answer is that what happens there with Uber and Lyft will profoundly affect the outcome in every other jurisdiction. Uber and Lyft aren't
𝗕𝗨𝗟𝗟𝗦𝗛𝗜𝗧, 𝗟𝗜𝗘𝗦 𝗔𝗡𝗗 𝗥𝗘𝗣𝗢𝗥𝗧𝗦
Folks, their lies reveal themselves. Let's look at
#Uber
's year end Press Release and Prepared Remarks. Dara says drivers made nearly 62 Billion on the platform. He also says gross bookings, which is all money taken in by Uber
𝙐𝘽𝙀𝙍 𝙋𝘼𝙔 𝘾𝙐𝙏𝙎 𝘾𝙊𝙉𝙏𝙄𝙉𝙐𝙀 𝙏𝙊 𝘽𝙇𝙀𝙀𝘿-𝙊𝙐𝙏 𝘿𝙍𝙄𝙑𝙀𝙍𝙎 𝙉𝘼𝙏𝙄𝙊𝙉𝙒𝙄𝘿𝙀!
We thought we'd look and see what's been happening in the data after the Forbes analysis. It's NOT Good! Thoughts folks?
#Boston
#Philadelphia
#OKC
#LasVegas
#Denver
EXHIBIT 1:
#UBER
'S DECEPTIVE PRACTICES.
95 miles in 44 minutes huh? So an avg speed of 130 mph... Considering it will take a solid 10-15 min just to get out of Austin, I'm guessing we would probably have to hit a 150 out on the open road. Guess I'll have to take the lambo. To
Sometimes, it's good to clear up confusion. Understand the purpose of this specific page is the prosecution of the case of Texas Drivers verus
#Uber
and
#Lyft
. We are not here to be nice, or spread duckies and bunnies. There are pages for that, and we salute them. Trust us when
TX is being made a laughing stock. This vid covers new lows in Houston. TX is 2nd in rideshare revenue, yet we're 49th in driver pay. Why? They're sure Texans will take it in silence. Let's send those motherfuckers a new msg, Don't Mess With Texas.
#Uber
&
#Lyft
's failure to provide regular security training is inexcusable in the current threat environment. Why not at least require drivers to watch a video & answer 5 questions when they update insurance. A lil training could prevent some of these.
𝗣𝗔𝗬 𝗜𝗡 𝗧𝗘𝗫𝗔𝗦 𝗩𝗘𝗥𝗦𝗨𝗦 𝗦𝗘𝗔𝗧𝗧𝗟𝗘
𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗰𝗵𝗼𝗶𝗰𝗲 𝗶𝘀 𝘀𝗶𝗺𝗽𝗹𝗲.
Do you want to be paid like we are now, or like they are in Seattle where drivers beat Uber and Lyft? Friends, if you think it's time Texas gets a fair piece of the pie too, we need to
𝗢𝗡𝗘 𝗜𝗡 𝗙𝗢𝗨𝗥 𝗔𝗨𝗧𝗢 𝗔𝗖𝗖𝗜𝗗𝗘𝗡𝗧𝗦 𝗜𝗡𝗩𝗢𝗟𝗩𝗘 𝗔 𝗥𝗜𝗗𝗘𝗦𝗛𝗔𝗥𝗘 𝗗𝗥𝗜𝗩𝗘𝗥.
Driver saturation kills, especially when out of town drivers unfamiliar w/local roads flood urban areas.
DEMAND DRIVER CAPS AND RESIDENCY REQUIREMENTS FOR DRIVERS!
𝗖𝗛𝗘𝗔𝗣 𝗥𝗜𝗗𝗘𝗦 𝗔𝗥𝗘 𝗜𝗡𝗖𝗥𝗘𝗗𝗜𝗕𝗟𝗬 𝗘𝗫𝗣𝗘𝗡𝗦𝗜𝗩𝗘 𝗙𝗢𝗥 𝗟𝗢𝗖𝗔𝗟 𝗖𝗢𝗠𝗠𝗨𝗡𝗜𝗧𝗜𝗘𝗦
One thing we haven't really come to terms with is the full cost of
#Uber
and
#Lyft
's operations on local communities. What we do know is that basic needs, and their
#🅱🅞🆈🅒🅾🅣🆃🅛🆈🅕🆃
#🅱🅾🆈🅲🅾🆃🆃🅻🆈🅵🆃
#🅑🅞🅨🅒🅞🅣🅣🅛🅨🅕🅣
#𝓑𝓸𝔂𝓬𝓸𝓽𝓽𝓛𝔂𝓯𝓽
#𝐵𝘰𝑦𝘤𝑜𝘵𝑡𝘓𝑦𝘧𝑡
#𝑩𝙤𝒚𝙘𝒐𝙩𝒕𝙇𝒚𝙛𝒕
#𝘽𝙤𝙮𝙘𝙤𝙩𝙩𝙇𝙮𝙛𝙩
#𝗕𝗼𝘆𝗰𝗼𝘁𝘁𝗟𝘆𝗳𝘁
#𝔹𝕠𝕪𝕔𝕠𝕥𝕥𝕃𝕪𝕗𝕥
We can both play at that game
@davidrisher
@streetsdontplay
@errollouis
@extortedbyUber
@Uber
Funny thing is that a lot of the rules were put in place by people who have never driven Uber/Lyft or a cab. It's not discrimination, it's risk management and cost control, two absolutely necessary practices for any business. We are not city busses, we are private parties who
𝗕𝗢𝗢𝗠! 𝗛𝗘 𝗗𝗢𝗘𝗦 𝗜𝗧 𝗔𝗚𝗔𝗜𝗡!!!
The national dialog is at a place it's never been. We have a unique opportunity to be heard! I'd be honored if you join me in protest in Austin on Feb 5th.
#Texans
#ATX
#HTX
#DTX
#DFW
#SATX
#ElPaso
#RGV
𝗬𝗢𝗨𝗥 𝗖𝗛𝗔𝗡𝗖𝗘 𝗧𝗢 𝗧𝗔𝗞𝗘 𝗙𝗥𝗢𝗠 𝗗𝗔𝗥𝗔/𝗨𝗕𝗘𝗥 𝗪𝗛𝗔𝗧 𝗧𝗛𝗘𝗬 𝗧𝗢𝗢𝗞 𝗙𝗥𝗢𝗠 𝗬𝗢𝗨!
Folks, it's critical we understand whats at stake. With a large enough protest in Austin, we can shake investor confidence & make sure the
#Uber
CEO doesn't get his $50
Gig companies, exploiting human beings the world over. If you care about things like fair trade, ethical sustainability, and labor rights, then you really have two primary options. Either boycot the huge ShitCos, Uber, Lyft, and DoorTrash, or be prepared to make it up with a tip.
Friends, this is even more fuel for the fire. Please join me in signing the petition asking for the
#ATX
Mayor and the organizers of South by Southwest
#SXSW
to cancel the appearance of Uber CEO Dara Khosrowshahi. This kind of vile racist rhetoric does not reflect our values.
𝗠𝗔𝗬𝗗𝗔𝗬 𝗠𝗔𝗬𝗗𝗔𝗬 𝗚𝗟𝗢𝗕𝗔𝗟 𝗚𝗜𝗚 𝗔𝗣𝗣 𝗗𝗥𝗜𝗩𝗘𝗥𝗦 𝗣𝗥𝗢𝗧𝗘𝗦𝗧 - 𝗠𝗔𝗬 𝟭𝗦𝗧
May 1st, app/gig drivers from Texas and more than 20 countries around the world will rally together to protest miserable pay, unfair and mysterious deactivations, unethical
@VenomDouble
@Phil_Lewis_
Uber eeked out some imaginary profit the last two quarters with some very creative accounting on overseas vapor gains, and massive cuts to driver pay.
#CowboysNation
𝗨𝗕𝗘𝗥 and 𝗟𝗬𝗙𝗧 have decided to 𝗥𝗢𝗕 both its 𝗥𝗜𝗗𝗘𝗥𝗦 and the 𝗗𝗥𝗜𝗩𝗘𝗥𝗦, taking more than 50% of the 💵 the rider pays and 𝗖𝗛𝗔𝗥𝗚𝗜𝗡𝗚 riders 𝗜𝗡𝗦𝗔𝗡𝗘 𝗣𝗥𝗜𝗖𝗘𝗦. Please join us in being heard. MASSIVE PROTEST STATE AT THE CAPITOL IN
Dara seems to have gotten his award way early, by my count, like at least 30 days early. I was right...they found a way to fuck around with those rules too.. Seems ripe for a shareholder suit...you counted unexercised options? FFS...
#Uber
and
#Lyfts
exploitation of Texas drivers continues. Drivers facilitate tens if not hundreds of billions of dollars in economic activity. How do you think all those people get to events, conferences, restaurants, and hotels? The patience of Texas drivers is nearing its end.
𝗖𝗥𝗜𝗧𝗜𝗖𝗔𝗟 𝗖𝗢𝗡𝗖𝗘𝗣𝗧
I think what people miss, is this is the equivalent of telling a painter, I'll pay you 30 bucks an hour but you supply the paint, tape, and all supplies and then saying the painter is being paid 30 bucks an hour. The hell he is, he's working free!
#Uber
pulled some brick stupid deplorable shit for NYE. Soon as we thought we had seen it all.
#Lyft
says "hold my beer". Congrats to Uber CEO Vittles The Clown, & Lyft CEO Dimples The Clown; the two of you shouldn't be left alone w/a Fisher Price My First MBA Toy Kit...
𝗘𝗫𝗛𝗜𝗕𝗜𝗧 𝟭: #𝗨𝗕𝗘𝗥'𝗦 𝗗𝗘𝗖𝗘𝗣𝗧𝗜𝗩𝗘 𝗣𝗥𝗔𝗖𝗧𝗜𝗖𝗘𝗦.
95 miles in 44 minutes huh? So an avg speed of 130 mph... Considering it will take a solid 10-15 min just to get out of Austin, I'm guessing we would probably have to hit a 150 out on the open road. Guess
@Uber
how much lower does it go you dirty theiving crooks?!? Keep in mind this is per active hour & before costs... Uber drivers in Texas now make about as much as prison forced labor in a license plate shop. A 50% paycut
@dkhos
? You motherfuckers should be ashamed of yourselves.
𝗗𝗲𝗮𝗿 𝗙𝗼𝗹𝗹𝗼𝘄𝗲𝗿𝘀 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗦𝗼𝗼𝗻 𝘁𝗼 𝗕𝗲 𝗙𝗼𝗹𝗹𝗼𝘄𝗲𝗿𝘀,
One thing we must not become as a result of this page, is desensitized to the profoundly abnormal level of violence occuring against drivers. This year, we are averaging a driver a day attacked, stabbed,
San Francisco, Calif (AP) -- Technology stock juggernaut Uber unveiled a breathtaking new feature Friday afternoon, negative surges. The negative surge applies a divider, so the busier it is, the worse the traffic, and the fewer the available drivers, the less drivers will
𝗡𝗢 𝗔𝗗𝗩𝗜𝗟 𝗙𝗔𝗦𝗧 𝗖𝗔𝗣𝗦, 𝗛𝗔𝗥𝗗 𝗪𝗢𝗥𝗞!
Folks, we have to get out of the Advil mindset, take one protest, and check back in an hour to see if it "worked". That's ridiculous thinking, and it's not how grassroots movements work. Imagine if the civil rights movement
Uber and/or Lyft wants Texas silenced and out of the fight. Hell no! We aren't going anywhere. We'll use every available technology to ensure Texas drivers are given a voice! Friends, please share. We need to shine a light on dirty tatics.
Good morning X, we got a lot to cover from
#Uber
's lastest PR stunt, so let's get right into it.
Evilcorp would like you to believe that for the first time in 15 years, they're suddenly concerned about your safety and experience. We call bullshit. Here is why...
This story pisses me off... the gaul... Uber and Lyft are a critical part of infrastructure, so vital we cannot afford to risk them leaving, but we don't wanna pay drivers even minimum wage. Get the fuck out of here. SHUT IT DOWN
@TheMulda
VETO FREY!
#HTX
#SATX
#ATX
#DFW
...Ignore the clown games from POS Lyft & Uber. They're exploitative tyrants that get subsidized by taxpayers. Lyft pays slave wages to satisfy greed. Drivers use public assistance. Taxman comes a knocking to pay 4 the public assistance. See the shell game?
Unbelievable that this BS is allowed to go on and on and on,
#Uber
and
@dkhos
bleeding the drivers dry, while giving themselves 1.4 billion in stock in 9 months time. Margins have never been the issue, greed & reckless disregard are!
HOUSTON, TEXAS! We need a little help on New Years Eve! Lyft decided to get greedy and start taking 60 to 80% of the $$. Miss the days when the cars were flawlessly clean, stocked w/ water & mints? So do we. But we can't do that when we can't pay rent.
#BoycottLyft
#NYE