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DESCRIPTION:6/22 SF Taxi Workers  Alliance To Picket UBER on 8th And Market St. SF  
 “The phony ‘partnership’ model Uber uses is an assault on workers’ 
 rights,” \n\n6/22 SF Taxi Workers  Alliance To Picket UBER\n\nBy Trevor 
 Johnson\n                                            CONTACT:\n\nFOR 
 IMMEDIATE RELEASE                        Kim Waldron    415 264 2101  
 kimsftwa(at)igc.org\n\nCab Drivers Urge U.S. Mayors:  \n\nDon’t Let Uber 
 Take You for a Ride\n\nThe San Francisco Taxi Workers Alliance (SFTWA) will 
 hold a series of protests against ride giant Uber at the National 
 Conference of Mayors meeting in San Francisco.  Uber is heavily involved in 
 the conference, hosting a breakfast for mayors Sunday morning and a tour of 
 its offices Monday afternoon. \n\n           SFTWA will talk to the press 
 Saturday at 1 p.m. in front of conference headquarters, the San Francisco 
 Hilton, to call attention to the harm Uber is causing in the U.S. and 
 around the globe to workers, the environment and the disabled 
 community.\n\nThe union will cap off its protests with a major rally at 
 Uber headquarters, 1455 Market Street, on Monday from 2-5 p.m.  Uber is one 
 of three tech companies mayors will tour at that time.  \n\nThe union will 
 cap off its protests with a major rally at Uber headquarters, 1455 Market 
 Street, on Monday from 2-5 p.m.  Uber is one of three tech companies mayors 
 will tour at that time.  \n\n           “We will have a picket line at 
 Uber headquarters, and cabs will be circling the block,” said taxi driver 
 SFTWA Executive Board member Chakib Ayadi.  "We strongly urge the mayors to 
 respect the picket line and to boycott Sunday’s breakfast. “\n\n        
    Since Uber, Lyft and similar companies started operations, San Francisco 
 has become the second most congested city in the country, according to tech 
 products developer Tom Tom.  Uber is being sued for violating the Americans 
 with Disabilities Act, and the California Labor Commissioner ruled this 
 week that a driver for the company was an employee, not an independent 
 contractor as the company claims.\n\n           “The phony 
 ‘partnership’ model Uber uses is an assault on workers’ rights,” 
 said Ruach Graffis, Taxi Driver Institute Director and SFTWA board member.  
 “It substitutes precarious working arrangements for real jobs with real 
 benefits and real worker protections.” \n\n           Uber’s global 
 performance has been equally abysmal.  It’s business model entails 
 operating in violation of law in cities and countries on every continent.  
 And it has committed a long series of ethical breaches and violations of 
 customers’ privacy.    \n\nDespite its track record, San Francisco Mayor 
 Ed Lee has embraced Uber and similar companies.  Protesters will call 
 attention to the mayor’s role in allowing Uber, Lyft and others to 
 operate in San Francisco when they had no legal authority to do so, and to 
 his refusal to bring them under local regulation. \n\n           “This is 
 a company without conscience or scruple,” said Chakib Ayadi.  “The list 
 of illegal and unethical things they’ve done is staggering.  Mayors 
 should be aware of that, and keep their distance.”\n 
 https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2015/06/20/18773742.php
SUMMARY:SF Taxi Workers Alliance To Picket UBER on 8th And Market St. SF “The phony ‘partnership
LOCATION:UBERE World HQ\n1455 Market Street\n8th And Market St. San Francisco
URL:https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2015/06/20/18773742.php
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