Ramadan is a month of forgiveness, blessing, and thankfulness. We are inviting all IDG Members to participate in an EID-UL-FITR dinner to celebrate the ending of Ramadan. There will be food, fun, and music. Plenty of free street parking will be available.
Submit the form below to let us know you’re coming!
Several members of the New York City Council have chosen to sponsor the Diaz Bill, (Intro 838-a) despite the clear opposition of FHV drivers, including 97% of IDG members. One of these is Peter Koo, a council member who represents Flushing.
On Monday, the Independent Drivers Guild is calling on FHV drivers to participate in a lobby day where we intend to hold Council Member Koo accountable. To make your case directly to one of the council members responsible for this harmful legislation, add your name.
Several members of the New York City Council have chosen to sponsor the Diaz Bill, (Intro 838-a) despite the clear opposition of FHV drivers, including 97% of IDG members. One of these is Fernando Cabrera, a council member who represents The Bronx.
On Monday, the Independent Drivers Guild is calling on FHV drivers to participate in a lobby day where we intend to hold Council Member Cabrera accountable. To make your case directly to one of the council members responsible for this harmful legislation, add your name.
Several members of the New York City Council have chosen to sponsor the Diaz Bill, (Intro 838-a) despite the clear opposition of FHV drivers, including 97% of IDG members. One of these is Ritchie Torres, a council member who represents The Bronx.
On Monday, the Independent Drivers Guild is calling on FHV drivers to participate in a lobby day where we intend to hold Council Member Torres accountable. To make your case directly to one of the council members responsible for this harmful legislation, add your name.
Several members of the New York City Council have chosen to sponsor the Diaz Bill, (Intro 838-a) despite the clear opposition of FHV drivers, including 97% of IDG members. One of these is Jumaane Williams, a council member who represents Brooklyn.
On Monday, the Independent Drivers Guild is calling on FHV drivers to participate in a lobby day where we intend to hold Council Member Williams accountable. To make your case directly to one of the council members responsible for this harmful legislation, add your name.
Several members of the New York City Council have chosen to sponsor the Diaz Bill, (Intro 838-a) despite the clear opposition of FHV drivers, including 97% of IDG members. One of these is Daniel Dromm, a council member who represents Queens.
On Monday, the Independent Drivers Guild is calling on FHV drivers to participate in a lobby day where we intend to hold Council Member Dromm accountable. To make your case directly to one of the council members responsible for this harmful legislation, add your name.
Come to the next IDG General Meeting to get updates on our fight to win FAIR rules and regulations for FHV drivers throughout the city. We have updates about:
1) The amended Diaz Bill
2) An IDG WIN that forced the TLC to have a hearing on pay regulation
3) Upcoming events and ways to get involved.
Parking is free & open at 7PM onwards and food will be provided.
Venga a la próxima reunión general de IDG para obtener actualizaciones sobre nuestra lucha para ganar reglas y regulaciones justas para los conductores de FHV en toda la ciudad. Tenemos actualizaciones sobre:
1) El Proyecto de Ley de Diaz modificado
2) Un victoria de IDG que obligó al TLC a tener una audiencia sobre regulación de pagos
3) Próximos eventos y formas de involucrarse
El estacionamiento es gratuito y abre a las 7 p.m. y despues y se proporcionarán alimentos.
On Monday April 30, Council Member Ruben Diaz, the Chair of the City Council’s For-Hire Vehicle Committee proposed a new law, Intro 838, that would destroy 70,000 jobs. This bill is intended to take the income away from tens of thousands of immigrant families.
ADDITIONAL $2,000 YEARLY TAX JUST TO WORK: Intro 838 would require each driver that works with an app-based service to pay $2,000 per year—just to work.
DRIVERS WOULD BE LIMITED TO ONE COMPANY: Most drivers work for multiple apps like Uber and Lyft so they can stay busy working — or supplement their income by driving for luxury black car, livery, green or yellow. Under Intro 838, they would have to choose a single app. Permanently.
EXPECT DELAYS AND MORE CONGESTION. The ability of drivers to work for multiple apps reduces unpaid down time for drivers, but it also leads to quicker response times for riders. With drivers forced to stick to a single app, there will be longer wait times for riders and more riderless vehicles clogging our streets.
DRIVERS WHO ARE MISTREATED OR FIRED HAVE NO ALTERNATIVE: Ride-hail apps are famous for treating drivers poorly, from cutting pay with no notice to kicking them off the app for petty reasons. Terminated or mistreated drivers would be forced to pay another $2,000 to switch apps and resume work.
It’s hard enough for FHV drivers to make money as it is, now it’s about to get much harder.
65,000 trabajadores de New York Uber, Lyft, Juno y Black Car están angustiados.
Mientras las compañía dice al público que sus conductores trabajan por parte del tiempo para ganar un poco de dinero, la verdad es que en Nueva York, al menos 71% de los conductores están manejando en a tiempo complete, y no están ganando lo suficiente.
Desde que presentaron sus servicios a Nueva York, las aplicaciones móviles han ganado millones al reducir drásticamente el pago de los conductores como una forma de mantener sus exorbitantes ganancias. Esto ha dejado a los conductores en gran deuda con gastos altos que resultan en ganancias netas inferiores al salario mínimo.
Los trabajadores de FHV han sido injustamente culpados por todo, desde la congestión del tráfico hasta la falla del sistema de transporte público. Recientemente, el concejal Rubén Díaz ha llegado a proponer una tarifa anual de $ 2,000 para que los conductores sigan con la licencia, junto con la limitación de su capacidad de conducir para múltiples aplicaciones móviles, como lo hacen muchos conductores para complementar sus ingresos. Las consecuencias de un pago más bajo han sido devastadoras ya que los conductores han sido empujados a la pobreza, y en algunos casos trágicos, el suicidio.
On Monday April 30, Council Member Ruben Diaz, the Chair of the City Council’s For-Hire Vehicle Committee is proposing a new law that will destroy our jobs if the City Council decides to pass it. This bill is intended to take the income away from tens of thousands of immigrant families.
ADDITIONAL $2,000 YEARLY FEE JUST TO WORK: This bill would require each driver that works with an app-based service pays $2,000 per year—just to work.
YOU COULD ONLY WORK FOR ONE COMPANY: If you work for both Uber and Lyft right now—you would have to choose between the two. Permanently. You would not be able to switch between Uber, Lyft, and Juno. You could only choose one that you work for, permanently. You would no longer be allowed to be a luxury black car, livery, green or yellow driver that uses an app company in between clients.
IF UBER FIRES YOU, YOU HAVE NO OTHER OPTION: Uber terminates hundreds of workers every month. Under this bill if you are one of the people Uber fires at random, you would not only continue to not have access to unemployment insurance, and you would not be able to work with another company unless you pay another $2,000 fee.
RIDERS WILL BE IMPACTED, TOO: EXPECT DELAYS AND MORE CONGESTION. The ability of drivers to work for multiple apps reduces unpaid down time for drivers, but it also leads to quicker response times for riders. With drivers forced to stick to a single app, there will be longer wait times for riders and more riderless vehicles clogging our streets.
HOW DO THEY EXPECT US TO SURVIVE?: It’s hard enough to make money as it is, now it’s about to get much harder.
Stressed about taxes? Understanding your taxes not only relieves stress, it also gives you an immediate opportunity to increase your income from driving. Wondering where to begin? The IDG can help.
The IDG will be hosting a tax seminar in partnership with the Financial Planning Association of New York. In addition to walking you through tax forms and the tax law as it applies to rideshare drivers, the seminar will equip you with the knowledge you need to save money on taxes — from how to best track costs and deduct expenses, to paying estimated taxes and using tax-advantaged savings accounts.
If your goal is to make more money from driving, this might be the most important seminar you attend this year. We hope you can join us!
Attendance is limited to 35 people. Sign up now to reserve your spot!