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A 500 mile Uber and Lyft pilgrimage is underway. The goal: to get Assembly Bill 5 passed and union rights for rideshare drivers.

Hundreds of Uber and Lyft drivers en route to Sacramento from Los Angeles made a symbolic stop in Delano to meet with United Farm Workers members at the historic Our Lady of Guadalupe church.

Hace poco más de cinco años Luis H. Rodríguez decidió dejar su empleo de taxista para incorporarse al lucrativo negocio de conducir su automóvil propio en viajes compartidos para la compañía Uber.

Yesterday, California-based advocacy organizations Gig Workers Rising and Mobile Workers Alliance announced that a caravan of Uber and Lyft drivers will drive from SoCal through San Francisco to Sacramento, next Monday, August 26 through Wednesday, August 28th.

Dozens of Uber and Lyft drivers held a demonstration outside Lyft’s hub in downtown Los Angeles, where they called for improved working conditions, a $30-an-hour wage and workers’ rights.

The council directed the staff to meet with representatives of labor unions, including Service Employees International Union. Leaders of SEIU Local 721, which has 16 members affected by the layoffs, said they have ideas to cut the budget without layoffs.

Dozens of hospital employees, some carrying signs, all worrying about layoffs they say will jeopardize patients, crowded into a Ventura County Board of Supervisors meeting Tuesday and asked for a reprieve.

Around 100 rideshare drivers protested their working conditions this afternoon in Los Angeles, engaging in a “take over” of an Uber Hub, before joining up with a contingent of fast food workers from McDonald’s who were striking for the right to unionize.

Long Beach officials hosted a breakfast this week intended as a display of appreciation for the city’s employees — but those workers had their own message to send. They walked out.

The non-tenured faculty at Occidental College have voted to unionize, setting the stage for the start of contract negotiations, according to the Service Employees International Union.