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March 10, 2023

Uber and Lyft Drivers Receive Owed Pay Raises in NY After Strike Campaign
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Here in New York, Uber and Lyft drivers have declared victory after city
regulators granted a pay raise to drivers following a strike campaign.
The fare raise by the Taxi and Limousine Commission, announced
Wednesday, replaces another planned raise that was agreed to last year
but blocked after a successful legal challenge by Uber. Last week, New
York Taxi Workers Alliance director Bhairavi Desai testified to the New
York Taxi and Limousine Commission.

Bhairavi Desai: "Every day that's passed, that is a million dollars that
were collectively owed to this workforce, a workforce that has had to
pay for every single penny of operating expenses - Uber and Lyft don't
have to pay a dime - a workforce that works not only with economic risk,
but also with great risk to their safety and to their life every single
day."



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