Groups like 'Drive Forward' and 'Independent Drivers Guild' sound well-intentioned, but in reality Uber funnels money into these orgs to undermine and thwart organizing by grassroots driver groups.

It's all part of their playbook to hold on to power: powerswitchaction.org/resources/the-…

Gig worker drivers are pushing back with rallies, strikes and calls for safety legislation in Chicago, Denver, Minneapolis, LA and around the country ✊🏽📣 nationalcosh.org/Dirty_Dozen Gig Workers Rising Chicago Gig Alliance

When corps want to get their way, they use 3 tactics over & over:

BUY: pour $ into legislation, campaigns, lobbyists
BULLY: use threats, outsized power, pressure & influence
BAMBOOZLE: spread misleading narratives & division

It's a classic playbook 👇
powerswitchaction.org/resources/the-…

We had a busy week here in Pittsburgh! On Thursday we joined the Flint Solidarity Day of Action to demand water justice and we joined an event around the importance of building community in the Hill District. We ended our week by joining the Gaza solidarity encampment at Pitt.

We know, we know...The city's budget can feel overwhelming and unnecessarily complicated. That's why SUN is releasing a blog series specifically designed to explain where your tax dollars go and how you can influence the budget as it's rolled out in May, so keep an eye out 💰

May 1 is Metro Budget Day! 💰 The budget impacts us, whether or not we impact the budget—so let's get educated and advocate for Nashville's public resources to be poured back into the people 💪 The first part of our budget series is now live...
standupnashville.org/part-i-budget-…

(1/2) On Friday morning over 50 workers ar KSBD— Amazon’s largest air hub on the West Coast— demanded answers on behalf of 500 coworkers who know that site leaders have been committing wage theft.

They kept associates working when we should have been on break.

We're so proud of Jenille Scott, Climate Director of ALIGN, who is featured in @cityandstateny's list of New Yorkers leading the fight against the climate crisis!

During the climate emergency, ALIGN is committed to fighting for clean energy, clean air, and good union jobs.

#ICYMI SUN organizer Diamond Bell was interviewed by WKRN about the affordable housing crisis in Nashville. She discusses the reality that, for many young people, owning a home feels outside the realm of possibility unless major, systemic changes are made.
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When we use housing models that prioritize our communities instead of profits, we can create stable, thriving, and safe homes. That’s exactly what our ED, Carmen Medrano, learned about with PowerSwitch Action in Vienna and Berlin, where social housing has been working for decades.

This AM, Chicago Gig Alliance kicked off a weekend of #WorkersMemorialDay action as COSH Network announced Uber's 1 of the 2024 Dirty Dozen unsafe employers. Ahead of Uber's AGM, workers are calling attn to the human cost of the pervasive safety crisis drivers face. #WorkShouldntKill

This AM, Chicago Gig Alliance kicked off a weekend of #WorkersMemorialDay action as COSH Network announced Uber's 1 of the 2024 Dirty Dozen unsafe employers. Ahead of Uber's AGM, workers are calling attn to the human cost of the pervasive safety crisis drivers face. #WorkShouldntKill

This morning, we kicked off a weekend of #WorkersMemorialDay action as COSH Network announced that Uber's 1 of the 2024 Dirty Dozen unsafe employers. Ahead of Uber's AGM, workers are calling attn to the human cost of the pervasive safety crisis drivers face. #WorkShouldntKill

Nationwide, Uber, Lyft, and delivery companies are buying, bullying, bamboozling our elected leaders into sitting by while they exploit workers. This PowerSwitch Action and National Employment Law Project report uncovers their devious corporate playbook.

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🚩 NEW: COSH Network just released their Dirty Dozen list of corporations that put workers and communities at risk of illness, injury, and death.

We're not surprised that Uber and Lyft made the list. Check it out here: nationalcosh.org/Dirty_Dozen

On Workers' Memorial Day, we honor those who were injured, disabled, or killed on the job.

We also recommit to our fight for worker health & safety.

This year, we're fighting to #ProtectWarehouseWorkers with the Warehouse Worker Injury Reduction Act.

NYCOSH NYC CLC, AFL-CIO

Check out this report by PowerSwitch Action National Employment Law Project on Uber Lyft's well-honed playbook of bullying city and state lawmakers and co-opting racial justice rhetoric

Great report on the app-based employers playbook for protecting their ability to exploit workers

“The 2008 #housingcrisis , we never moved away from that, and corporations haven’t been kept from really profiting.' 🏘️ Read the full wkrn article interviewing our Director of Power Building, Bilal Tahir, below.
wkrn.com/news/local-new…

Ever heard of 'The Coalition for Workforce Innovation' or 'Flex'?

These innocuous-sounding front groups are actually formed & funded by app corporations like Uber & Lyft in order to turn stable, secure employment into 'gig' work.

Read about it here 👉 powerswitchaction.org/resources/disr…