Uber drivers strike in New York City after pay increase temporarily blocked
A lawsuit from Uber temporarily blocked a pay increase last month. Hundreds of Uber drivers in New York City are carrying out a day-long strike on Thursday after a lawsuit from the rideshare company temporarily block ed a pay increase set to take effect last month. Striking drivers were set to hold a rally at the Manhattan headquarters of Uber, demanding the company drop its legal challenge and allow the pay increase to go forward. A new rule from the Taxi and Limousine Commission, a city agency, would significantly raise minimum compensation for rideshare drivers, hiking pay by more than 7% per minute and 23% per mile. The pay bump will yield a typical rideshare driver an additional $1,000 each month, said the New York Taxi Workers Alliance, or NYTWA, a labor group that organized the strike. MORE: Amazon and Starbucks workers led a union resurgence in 2022. Will it last? Samassa Tidiane, who has driven for Uber since 2014, said he is participating in the strike on Thursday because...