Yesterday, Striking Uber Drivers Confronted a Tech Behemoth in New York
In a one-day action on Thursday, New York City Uber drivers continued their campaign to pressure the tech company to finally comply with the law and give them a raise.
Executive director of New York Taxi Workers Alliance Bhairavi Desai speaks as Uber drivers participate in a rally outside of the Uber headquarters on January 5, 2023 in New York City. (Michael M. Santiago / Getty Images)
“No driver, no Uber!” the drivers chanted, in a crescendo, outside Uber’s New York City headquarters on Greenwich Street, right across from the 9/11 memorial. “No driver, no Uber!”
Manhattan’s Financial District has lost much of its bustle and drive over the years, but its gleaming buildings, even empty, still seem to show off global capitalism’s power. On Thursday at lunchtime, however, a couple hundred taxi drivers — a diverse crowd of mostly first-generation immigrant men — convened and flexed a power of their own.
The drivers were on a one-day strike, the second in an ongoing struggle with the ride-hail company over a hard-won raise.
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