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Rising gas prices underscores the need for gig workers to unionize
With rising gas prices comes heating tensions. Already struggling with the effects of California’s Proposition 22 and the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, gig workers for Uber, Lyft, DoorDash, Instacart, and beyond face a new obstacle: the gas pump.
STRIKE UPDATE: We’re Getting Close, and It’s Because of You!
Thanks to You, We Are Winning
Once again, you showed up and spoke out.
You have kept on showing up to the picket lines morning
after morning, even though you were exhausted and worried about
how you were going to make rent. You came to the rally and made
your voices heard, on stage, in the crowd, on the sidewalks, on
social media, and to reporters and TV cameras. You shared your
stories: the love and heart you put into the work you do. How
hard it is to do your job–and how you wouldn’t want to do
anything else–you just want basic dignity and respect at
work.
As Strike Moves Into Day 8, Rent Is Due and Sac City Unified Classified Staff Seek Food Assistance as District Continues to Stall in Effort to Break Its Lowest-Paid Workers
District negotiator actually said at 9:30pm Thursday that they wouldn’t be able to reconvene later because “the people she needed to consult might be in bed” as SEIU 1021 bargaining team keeps working and making itself available around the clock
**MEDIA ADVISORY FOR FRI., APRIL 1**
Contact: Jennie Smith-Camejo, (510) 710-0201, jennie.smith-camejo@seiu1021.org