A coalition representing tens of thousands of drivers for rideshare and delivery apps like Uber, Lyft and DoorDash says its members will refuse to work on Valentine’s Day as a protest for fair pay and better conditions for the contractors, Reuters reports.
With 100,000 members, the Justice For App Workers and other worker advocates say that new pay algorithms used by the companies have lowered net pay for drivers, who are all contactors and do not get paychecks or benefits. “A year into algorithmic pricing, drivers have seen incredible decrease of our pay… whatever calculations and algorithms they’re using, it’s absolutely useless,” said the president of the California-based Rideshare Drivers United union, Nicole Moore. Uber, for what it’s worth, claims their drivers made an average of $33 per “utilized hour.”