CDU/AFSCME Members Benefits Update - FREE COLLEGE TUITION
AFSCME and Eastern Gateway Community College are offering the chance to earn an online degree from an accredited school with no out-of-pocket expense. A college degree can be your pathway to new opportunities, greater responsibilities and more earning power.
Cab Drivers United meets BACP commissioner over driver issues
A 10-driver delegation from Cab Drivers United-AFSCME Council 31 met on July 9 with Business Affairs and Consumer Protection Commissioner Maria Guerra Lapacek and went over some of the issues contributing to the crisis confronting Chicago cab drivers.Specifically, the d...
Cab Drivers United passes the 1,000 membership mark in less than a month
Cab Drivers United-AFSCME Council 31 is building power – fast. More the 1,000 drivers have signed up in the past few weeks. The urgency is clear – drivers are losing ground.Only by coming together as a real union are we going to turn things around, and every week, hundr...
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...
Cab Drivers United/AFSCME Local 2500 2015 Year In Review
2015 was just the beginning for Cab Drivers United/AFSCME Local 2500. By standing together with One United Voice, we're making a difference for Chicago's professional cab drivers.
The Next Steps
Cab Drivers United/AFSCME Council 31 is on the move and winning real improvements!As a result of our work, the City has agreed to the following reforms:Here are the proposed changes:
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...
Victory At City Hall!
Less than six months after Chicago taxi drivers first came together with AFSCME to form our own organization, the City Council of Chicago passed a far-reaching reform package that will provide immediate economic relief to every Chicago cab driver.
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 to BACP: Take Action Now!
There’s a lot that needs fixing in Chicago’s cab industry – but there are some things BACP can do now. At the Thursday, July 31 BACP taxi town hall meeting we told Commissioner Maria Guerra Lapacek she has the authority to take actions now that would lower lease rates,...
Cab Drivers United/AFSCME Council 31 Statement on Third Violent Attack of a Cab Driver
Cab Drivers United/AFSCME issued the following statement after the third violent attack of a cab driver in three month’s time.“The stabbing and attempted robbery of a Chicago cab driver last night reminds us all of the almost constant danger cab drivers put themselves i...
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 United/AFSCME Local 2500 Owner/Operator Update
The devastating impact of the city’s double standard for taxis and TNPs/Uber affects every driver on the road, but owner operators face specific problems. CDU/AFSCME members are working together to find solutions. A group of owner-operator CDU members met earlier this m...
Cab Drivers United/AFSCME LocaL 2500’s Driver Advocate Program Update
Cab Drivers United/AFSCME Local 2500 member Bayo Aladesuru drives a Wheelchair Accessible Vehicle (WAV) and recently received a “blue ticket” after being accused of unsafe driving.After receiving the ticket, Bayo called Cab Drivers United/ AFSCME Local 2500, said he was...
Chicago’s Cab Drivers Get Hearing in Community
In just five months of organizing, more than 3,500 Chicago cab drivers signed up with Cab Drivers United/AFSCME Council 31, coming together to change the system that denies them a decent living and the due process and respect they deserve.And now the Chicago community i...
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.