Uber & Lyft charge riders different prices for the same ride, and riders have no idea this is happening....UNTIL NOW! Consumer Reports just released another banger of a study where volunteers from across the nation ordered the same rides at the same time. www.consumerreports.org/money/questi...

Portland City Council may soon consider capping Uber/Lyft’s grab of driver earnings. Uber and Lyft driver pay is down — even though rider cost is up. It's no mystery as to why.https://nwlaborpress.org/2026/06/portland-may-look-at-capping-uber-lyfts-grab-of-driver-earnings/

Good afternoon, Portland! Today at City Life we have a short agenda: we’ll hear from Portlanders and then we’ll be considering a proposal aimed at helping gig drivers who work for companies like Lyft and Uber. Tune in here:

BREAKING NEWS! The Driver Resource Center ordinance passed Portland City Council committee vote 5-0! Now it will go to full Council. 1 step closer to the in-language, in-person support hub for Uber & Lyft drivers. Thanks to the City Life members & our Council champs for your support & engagement!

We're back at it again! Had an informative conversation with the Committee on City Life on why Portland riders & drivers deserve Fairness in Rideshare. Together we will pass fair pay for drivers, protections from rider price gouging, and fare transparency. The legucation continues. #sharethefare

Great piece from More Perfect Union on what's not talked about enough. While despite the safety illusion Waymo creates, the reports of Waymo rides gone wrong continue to pile up, there's a big picture threat AVs pose to jobs for low wage workers. #saynotowaymo #waymohellno youtu.be/ZqVuNSx7sgs?...

The fight against Autonomous Vehicles in Oregon aint over! Portland Bureau of Transportation is proposing rules that would enable testing & permitting of AVs. Essential transit workers & safety on our streets are at risk! Learn more & speak out by April 4th Portland.gov share.google/ZLh0w4bI9APu...

BREAKING: Today Portland City Councilor Steve Novick introduced a proposal (a collab between Council & our union) to CAP UBER & LYFT'S TAKE RATE AT 20% and give riders & drivers FARE TRANSPARENCY! Honoured to take next steps in our journey. Let's get after it! 💙✊🏿🤍✊️🖤✊🏻 #sharethefare #driverpower

Tomorrow (Wednesday, 2/25) night! Come to 350PDX's Action Night! After a short film, Councilor Kanal @councilorkanal.bsky.social will speak about chemical munitions legislation, and a panel discussion will follow. Details & RSVP: 350pdx.org/event/tear-g... #Portland #PortlandProtest #teargas

Federal agents are poisoning our neighborhoods with chemical weapons. Come to 350PDX's action night at 6pm, Wed., Feb. 25 for a short film screening, panel discussion, & some preliminary info on the ordinance I'm developing to limit tear gas in Portland. RSVP at 350pdx.org/event/tear-g... #TearGas

Portland City Council Votes To Reshape Its Committee Structure https://loom.ly/Bjj3aH8

BREAKING NEWS: HB 4085, which would've allowed dangerous, unpopular, job-killing robovehicles into our state in 2026 IS DEAD! Community members have spoken, and this bill missed the mark on so many levels. Oregonians don't need AVs, Waymo, Lyft & Uber do! 💙✊🏿🤍✊️🖤✊🏻💙✊🏿🤍✊️🖤✊🏻 #saynotowaymo

PLEASE STAND WITH OREGON UBER/LYFT DRIVERS & SAY NO TO DANGEROUS, JOB-KILLING ROBOTAXIS!!! E-MAIL THE HOUSE TRANSPORTATION COMMITTEE & URGE THEM TO OPPOSE HB 4085: actionbutton.nationbuilder.com/share/SPK-QE...

Waymo is lobbying lawmakers to allow experimental, unsafe, discriminatory, job-killing robotaxis into our state. Oregon rideshare drivers & passengers demand fair pay & transparency, not this! Let's come together as a community and say #waymohellno! #saynotowaymo #NOonHB4085

Man I fucking hate a bully. My blood is boiling watching the videos of kids, families, and union members getting gassed by ICE.

The force that teargassed workers, families, children, and elders who were peacefully protesting is the same force that has kidnapped sick kids and murdered two Minneapolis neighbors on our streets. We can’t appeal to the moral conscience of a system that has none. We have to win.

Trump's ICE has no place in Oregon. The use of tear gas against families, children, and peaceful demonstrators yesterday is a horrific abuse of authority that undermines public safety and violates constitutional rights. Federal agents must stand down and be held accountable.

The ACLU wants to hear from any families with kids or anyone who was significantly impacted by the use of chemical munitions at yesterday’s protest. Please email my office so we can help connect you with their legal team.

Our driver community has been targeted nationally & even just recently in Portland. Today union & community members demonstrated peacefully against ICE. Unfortunately we were assaulted by federal agents. How can you shoot tear gas & flashbang grenades at kids & pets?! This will not stand! #iceout

Congrats NSLU! Workers right, worth the fight!

Thanks @councilormorillo.bsky.social for being in community with us. Looking forward to continuing to work together for fairness & equity for rideshare drivers and passengers. Our community cares about driver rights, and it means alot that Council does too. #sharethefare #UnionStrong #driverpower

If you're in the Lloyd area, you might have seen a flier at your house. I might have missed you at the door, but please come out to our Town Hall in Lloyd Center next Friday (12/19) at 5:30!

Wednesday: - Homelessness Response System Key Performance Indicators - State & Federal Legislative Agendas for 2026 Thursday: - Financial audits of FY 2024-25 - Initiating a pilot, for the parks bureau, for a new system of budgeting - And finally, appointing the PSR Committee! See you there! 2/2

CITY COUNCIL MEETING 12/17-12/18 Council is holding its monthly evening meeting this Wednesday, 12/17 (6-9 PM scheduled, we'll finish the in-progress item at 9 so it could go a bit longer), with extra items scheduled for 12/18 (2-5 PM). Full agenda at the link. Here are some highlights: 1/2

THIS IS WHAT WORKER POWER LOOKS LIKE!!! #sisepuede

Utah has repealed a law that barred public unions from negotiating on behalf of their members. Republican Gov. Spencer Cox approved the rollback of one of the most anti-union laws in the country after thousands of union members rallied outside his office for a week. apnews.com/article/utah...

This driver was paid barely ½! Riders don't know they're being gouged or that their driver's being undercut. Say no to algorithmic discrimination & arbitrarily high commissions, and yes to FAIR PAY & TRANSPARENCY! #driverpower #sharethefare #UnionStrong

Pull up & be heard. AG Dan Rayfield wants to hear directly from Oregonians about what matters most to our communities. Join the Oregon Priorities Town Hall in SW Portland on Wed, Dec 17 at 6pm. ASL & Spanish interpretation available. Get registered here: http://bit.ly/Dec17AG

But wait...I thought according to Waymo, AVs are safer than human drivers! Mmhmmmmm...whatever you say... #WaymoHellNo

We made a powerful statement last night before Council that we deserve better. Low pay, unfair deactivations, and the need for our Driver Resource Center using the agonizing stories of our driver community...Making lawmakers feel what we're going through! This is what DRIVER POWER looks like.

On Nov 19, join @uniteoregon.bsky.social for a conversation on wages, 6–7:30 PM | 🌐 Zoom. Rent keeps going up. Groceries keep going up. The only thing that hasn’t kept up? Wages. Let’s talk about it. Join the community conversation on wages RSVP Here: secure.everyaction.com/nyTzftfn8E6M...

Great article on the Bureau of Labor & Industries and their progress on catching up on wage complaints. We need our enforcers to be resourced enough to enforce!

The Oregon Legislature has lost another tremendous advocate, in Rep. Hóa Nguyên, D-48 (SE Portland, Damascus, and Boring) She died of cancer, surrounded by family. On behalf of our driver community, our condolences & hearts are with you and yours. Thanks for fighting with us. Ciao chi. 😇💙✊🏻🖤✊🏿

HAPPY BLUE FRIDAY!!! Every Friday we wear our colours to show our communities we are uniting, fighting, and we aint goin anywhere! When we fight, WE WIN!!! 💙✊🏿🤍✊️🖤✊🏻 #driverpower #ShareTheFare

Great townhall conversations w/ Sen. Kate Lieber & Rep. @djgrayber.bsky.social. We continue to "legucate" and highlight our advocacy for fairness & transparency for Oregonian rideshare drivers & passengers. We're not going away 'til we win our rights! 💙✊🏿🤍✊️🖤✊🏻 #driverpower #sharethefare

Honoured to appear on OCPP's "Policy for the People" pod, and keep our issues in the minds of the community & our lawmakers. Oregon rideshare drivers and riders demand fairness and transparency! 💙✊🏿🤍✊️🖤✊🏻 #unionstrong #driverpower #sharethefare

Lyft deactivated another driver after 8 yrs with no clear explanation. Now his family searches for answers. WE DESERVE DEACTIVATION PROTECTIONS, and we need a Driver Resource Center where drivers can get support. Mayor Wilson & Council, please help! #driverpower #NoDeactivationWithoutRepresentation

Passenger: $43, driver: $10(23%). WHY?! Below min. wage for drivers who bear the most cost & risk w/ no protections. TNCs say drivers are paid well & if pay goes up rides will be unaffordable. FALSE! Drivers deserve FAIR PAY, passengers fairness & transparency! #sharethefare

Great day for solidarity w/ our farmworker siblings who've also been excluded from labour rights & discriminated against on the job. We'll never stop fighting until these injustices are rectified. Shoutout to all the folks in red! When we fight, WE win #unionstrong #workerpower #sisepuede 💙✊🏿🤍✊️🖤✊🏻❤️

Portland passenger: $131, driver: $28(21%) Below min. wage for drivers who bear the most cost & risk w/ no protections. TNCs say drivers are paid well & if pay goes up rides will be unaffordable. FALSE NARRATIVES! Drivers deserve FAIR PAY, passengers fairness & transparency! #sharethefare

Portland's raising the rideshare fee to $2. PLEASE HELP US ask Council & Mayor W to dedicate a small portion to support our essential, but vulnerable workers who are being exploited by Uber & Lyft's algorithms! actionbutton.nationbuilder.com/share/SPK-QE... #NoTNCTaxationWithoutDriverRepresentation

#unionstrong #workerpower 💙✊🏿🤍✊️🖤✊🏻

Sad news: SB 1166, Oregon's rideshare driver rights bill won’t pass. 'Twas an uphill battle, made harder by the budget crisis. We moved lawmakers w/ our stories & in our 1st try nearly made it to the end, thanks to you & we're getting STRONGER! Thanks for being part of the movement! Happy Juneteenth

2 weeks left! Please contact your representatives and tell them to vote #YESonSB1166, for fairness & equity for Oregon rideshare drivers and passengers! #unionstrong #driverpower 💙✊🏿🤍✊️🖤 #YESonSB1166 actionbutton.nationbuilder.com/share/SPK-QE...

2 weeks left! Please contact your representatives and tell them to vote #YESonSB1166, for fairness & equity for Oregon rideshare drivers and passengers! #unionstrong #driverpower 💙✊🏿🤍✊️🖤 #YESonSB1166 actionbutton.nationbuilder.com/share/SPK-QE...

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Just a few weeks left in the 2025 session, and we need your help to keep the pressure on! Please contact your representatives and tell them to vote #YESonSB1166, for fairness for Oregon rideshare drivers & passengers! #unionstrong #driverpower 💙✊🏿🤍✊️🖤 actionbutton.nationbuilder.com/share/SPK-QE...

Please contact your lawmakers and tell them to vote 💙✊🏿🤍✊️🖤 #YESonSB1166 with our simple tool: www.driversunionor.org/take_action

Portland is increasing the fee charged on Uber & Lyft trips from .65 to $2 to address their needs. But what about DRIVERS? We are asking a just 20 cents to support drivers. Please tell Council & Mayor Wilson #NoTNCTaxationWithoutDriverRepresentation! actionbutton.nationbuilder.com/share/SPK-QE...