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22 Chicago Aldermen Ask City To Follow Through On Promises Made To Cab Drivers
Twenty two Chicago signed on to a letter to the Commissioners of the BACP and the Department of Aviation to express their grave concerns about the city's rush to provide Uber airport access while ignoring the reforms that would help Chicago's cab drivers passed over a y...
Chicago Cab Drivers Promote Safety Amid Rising Violence
Following the second tragic murder of a Chicago cab driver in a month, Cab Drivers United/AFSCME Council 31 hosted an informational safety training for area cab drivers to help them avoid attacks.“While millions of Chicago residents and visitors rely on safe and profess...
Cab Drivers United/AFSCME Local 2500 Members Join “Global Day of Action Against Uber”
CHICAGO – Joining cab drivers across the world, hundreds of Cab Drivers United/AFSCME Local 2500 members led a protest at City Hall on Wednesday, to highlight new data showing that Chicago is losing desperately needed revenue by not regulating services like UberX and Ly...
The Chicago Dispatcher: Despite Blistering Cold, AFSCME/CDU Stages Raucous Protest of uberX
Chicago temperatures this morning were in the single digits. That didn't stop Chicago taxi drivers from going forward with their planned City Hall protest of ridesharing app uberX.Cabdrivers marched, carrying anti-uberX signs, and chanting slogans like, "Hey hey, ho ho,...
Panel to recommend reforming taxi regulations, strengthening fairness and due process for drivers
In November 2014 a panel of community, religious and academic leaders from Chicago convened a Taxi Drivers’ Workers Rights Board Hearing to hear from taxi drivers about their treatment by the City agencies that establish and enforce the rules that govern their professio...
Cab Drivers United/AFSCME Local 2500 Response To Mayor Emanuel’s Budget Address
CHICAGO – Cab Drivers United/AFSCME Local 2500 issued the following response to Mayor Emanuel’s budget proposal which includes allowing services like Uber and Lyft to pickup at both Chicago airports. “The Mayor’s proposal is a sweetheart deal for Uber, a $50 billion ent...
Cab Drivers Call Out Police Over Unfair Enforcement
Cab Drivers United members in March met with Chicago Police Department representatives to complain about policing practices that cost drivers thousands of dollars in fines, put their licenses at risk and create hostility and distrust between drivers and law enforcement....
Chicago Police Department Pledges Concrete Action To Curb Abuses of Cab Drivers
In response to serious concerns over abuse policing practices Cab Drivers United/AFSCME Council 31 members brought forward, a high-ranking representative of the Chicago Police Department committed to taking action, issuing a “cease and desist” order to the officers iden...
Cab Drivers United/AFSCME Council 31 Applauds City’s Action To Prohibit Rideshare Services From Airport Pickups
CHICAGO – Cab Drivers United/AFSCME 31, Chicago’s cab drivers union, applauded the City of Chicago’s action to prohibit so-called “rideshare” services like UberX and Lyft from picking up passengers at O’Hare and Midway.
Cab Drivers United/AFSCME Local 2500 statement on Finance Committee amendment
CHICAGO – Cab Drivers United/AFSCME Local 2500 released the following statement in response to an amendment passed today by the City Council’s Finance Committee:“This amendment fails to level the playing field between professional Chicago cab drivers who work hard to pr...
Cab Drivers Decry Rideshare Abuses
CHICAGO – Frustrated by the city’s failure to properly address serious issues surrounding the so-called “rideshare” industry, more than 300 members of Cab Drivers United/AFSCME Council 31 braved sub-zero wind chills to protest outside City Hall.“After two years of opera...
Chicago Cab Drivers Lobby City Hall on Safety, ‘Rideshare’
CHICAGO– Following their successful protest over serious public safety and economic security concerns, Cab Drivers United/AFSCME Council 31 is ratcheting up the fight, taking it to City Hall with a petition campaign."Over 300 of us braved the cold to make our message he...
Chicago Cab Drivers Begin Innovative Peer Advocate Program
CHICAGO, IL – In early March, members of Cab Drivers United/AFSCME Council 31 came together to complete a Driver Advocate training program, which adapted Council 31’s traditional steward training to meet the needs of a non-traditional workforce.
Chicago Cabbies Seek Council Action on Rideshare
Cab drivers, fed up with an unequal playing field with “rideshare” companies, took their concerns to their aldermen prior to the City Council’s first post-election meeting to let them know that more council action is necessary.“We want to let them know that what they’ve...
Cab Drivers United/AFSCME Rally Troops at AFL-CIO NextUP Summit
With more than 1,000 young union members from across the nation in town, Cab Drivers United/AFSCME Council 31 member Ezz Abdelmagid was proud to lead activists in a virtual action aimed at educating them and enlisting their support. The drivers are working to reform the...
Cab Drivers United/AFSCME Council 31 Members Deliver Thousands of Petition Signatures
After the City of Chicago passed an ordinance establishing a separate and unequal system for so-called “rideshare” services like UberX and Lyft, Cab Drivers United/AFSCME Council 31 (CDU) members are making their voices heard.
Cab Drivers United Members Among Thousands ‘Fighting for 15’
Chicago taxicab drivers were among thousands of underpaid workers marching through the streets here April 15 making the case for raising the minimum wage to $15 – in Chicago and in 230 cities across the country. As members of Cab Drivers United/AFSCME Council 31 took th...
Cab Drivers United/AFSCME Renews Call for City to Take Proactive Steps to Prevent Violence Against Cab Drivers
Following a two-week period in which two Chicago cab drivers were robbed at knifepoint by a passenger, Cab Drivers United/AFSCME Council 31 is renewing its call for further reforms to protect Chicago’s 12,000 cab drivers.“After the brutal murders of our fellow drivers C...
Cab Driver Advocates Successfully Defend Fellow Drivers
Piloting a new program based on AFSCME Council 31’s steward training last spring, Cab Drivers United/AFSCME’s “Driver Advocate” program has produced results for Chicago cab drivers. More than half of the tickets have been dismissed outright because of the union’s effort...
Cab Drivers United/AFSCME Local 2500 Protest Injustices At Hyatt Regency Hotel
CHICAGO – As a result of the disrespectful treatment drivers face at the hands of Hyatt Regency hotel management, Cab Drivers United/AFSCME Local 2500 members staged a protest on Thursday, September 3rd, successfully closing off the cab stand outside the hotel, and enco...
In Opening Airports To Uber, Mayor’s Rush Leaves Behind Full Time Jobs
CHICAGO – Cab Drivers United/AFSCME Local 2500 released the following statement in response to city’s announcement that services like Uber and Lyft are now legally allowed to pickup passengers from O’Hare, Midway and McCormick Place.“The Mayor’s rush to give Uber keys t...
Cab Drivers United/AFSCME Council 31 Raise Funds For Family Of Murdered Cab Driver, Promote Driver Safety Reforms
According to the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA), cab drivers are over 20 times more likely to be murdered on the job than other workers.That statistic became a reality in Chicago on January 8th, when Chicago cab driver Chinedu Madu was shot and kil...
Cab Drivers United/AFSCME Asks City To Follow Through On Promises
CHICAGO – Cab Drivers United/AFSCME Council 31 representatives were proud to stand up and demand fairer rules as part of the City of Chicago’s Taxi Driver Fairness Ordinance Task Force. The Task Force was part of a package of reforms Cab Drivers United/AFSCME Council 31...