NYTWA Wins 5.3% Raise for All For-Hire NYC Drivers

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: 2/11/2022
CONTACT: Astrid Aune, aaune@nysenate.gov

NYTWA WINS 5.3% RAISE FOR ALL NYC FOR-HIRE DRIVERS

In response to the win, Chair of the Senate Labor Committee Jessica Ramos (D, WF - SD13) issued the following statement:

"Today's victory for our city's Uber, Lyft, and Via drivers comes hot on the tail of another serious victory won by the New York Taxi Workers Alliance. It demonstrates precisely why workers need a union. This pay rate adjustment to match inflation is mandated by the Taxi and Limousine Commission’s own rules but hasn't been implemented since 2020, and without a dogged and organized force paying attention and demanding follow-through, who knows when workers would have seen the wages they are entitled to.

This raise in the context of the hard-won City-backed guarantee is what we are talking about when we say we want to build a recovery that works for us all. As inflation goes up, so should wages. I'm extending my gratitude and congratulations to the TLC and NYTWA for all they do for these essential workers, and will continue to do my part in Albany to pass legislation that allows for all workers to feel the benefits of having the labor movement behind them."

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