are lyft and uber on strike?
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Uber And Lyft Drivers Are Striking — And Call On Passengers To Boycott. Uber and Lyft drivers in a number of U.S. cities were striking Wednesday, calling for higher wages and better working conditions as Uber prepares to go public on Friday. Its valuation may be as high as $91 billion.
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Uber and Lyft are starting operations in Alaska. Here's everything you need to know. It's official: Ride-hailing companies such as Uber and Lyft are allowed in the Last Frontier. ... Lyft launched in Anchorage, Juneau and Fairbanks as soon as the bill was signed on Thursday.
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Lyft is one of the major competitors of Uber in the ride-sharing market. According to a statistic conducted by Second Measure, it has a market share of 28% in the US.
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Uber had been available in Austin since 2014. But on 10 May 2016, Uber (and rival service Lyft) turned off their apps and left.
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Uber, Lyft now welcome at Toronto's Pearson International Airport. Uber and Lyft can now pick up and drop off passengers at Toronto's Pearson International Airport as part of a new pilot project.
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Bus services across Teesside are facings serious disruption as drivers go on strike. Industrial action on Arriva North East services will affect around 40,000 passengers on routes across the region. The action began on Sunday and will continue until this Saturday unless a resolution can be found.
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Uber and Lyft as companies are not allowed to record you while you are traveling in the vehicles. This is primarily to do with the fact they do not own the cars, as they are owned by independent drivers By the same token, Uber and Lyft cannot dictate if the drivers can record the passengers or not.
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Like Uber, Lyft does not allow for payment by way of cash either. Not everyone wants to or feels comfortable paying with a debit or credit card, and that is just fine.
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Pay Per Hour: $8.55 - $11.77 After paying all expenses, and after the app takes its cut, drivers for a service like Uber and Lyft average between $8.55 and $11.77 per hour. That's quite a bit less than what the U.S. Bureau of Labor Services (BLS) has claimed is the average income.
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The bottom line (and how to get the best price) Most of the time, the experience of using Lyft and Uber is largely the same -- perhaps in part because, anecdotally, most drivers I ride with say they work for both platforms, and have both Lyft and Uber decals on their dashboard.
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After paying all expenses, and after the app takes its cut, drivers for a service like Uber and Lyft average between $8.55 and $11.77 per hour.
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Uber and Lyft strikes: US drivers stop taking rides in protest over pay. Rideshare drivers are striking and protesting in major cities across the United States, with many participating in a 24-hour strike of the Uber and Lyft apps that began at midnight on 8 May.
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Uber and Lyft drivers are planning a two-hour strike in several major cities around the world on Wednesday, an effort that is meant to coincide with Uber's forthcoming IPO. ... Uber is expected to go public at an eye-popping $90 billion valuation on May 9th.
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Because Lyft and Uber classify drivers as contractors, they don't report their wages to EDD and don't pay into the state unemployment fund. Until recently, gig workers were not entitled to unemployment benefits. ... They say the benefits could add up to more and last longer.
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Drivers for ride-sharing services like Uber and Lyft can qualify for emergency unemployment insurance if the Covid-19 pandemic forces them off the road, the Labor Department said.
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Uber and Lyft have competed for riders and drivers across North America. ... Now that Lyft is publicly traded and Uber's own initial public offering is approaching, they're also going to be competing for stock investors. [Uber is losing $1.8 billion a year, its I.P.O. filing reveals.]
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Uber offers 'surge' pricing to drivers in particularly high demand areas. Lyft doesn't share the wealth as easily. ... In order to entice more drivers into the area, Uber will "surge" an area that shows up on the driver's app, and charge passengers more per ride, but also give the drivers a bonus from the ride.