On December 20th, New York City Council Voted to End the Unfair Practice of Double Jeopardy Ticketing
The Independent Drivers Guild lobbied the New York City Council for a solution to Double Jeopardy Ticketing. For too long drivers for apps like Uber and Lyft have been ticketed and fined by the city’s DOT for a violation, paying to fight or settle that ticket, and then months later they would be ticketed again for the same exact violation by the Taxi and Limousine Commission. This week the city council passed a bill to end this unfair practice. This victory requires judges and hearing officers to dismiss a duplicate notice of violation.
The city’s official summary of Intro 748-A is as follows:
This bill would establish certain procedural requirements in relation to violations of New York City Taxi and Limousine Commission (TLC) laws or regulations adjudicated by the Office of Administrative Trials and Hearings (OATH). The bill would require that a TLC representative would be required to be present at hearings, either in person or remotely; that a respondent could appear remotely, through internet video; that OATH could reduce a violation, if it finds doing so to be in the interests of justice, subject to a review by TLC; that any duplicate notice of violation should be automatically dismissed and, finally, it would establish hearing timeliness requirements to facilitate prompt adjudication of violations.
The mayor is expected to sign the legislation soon and the law will take effect 180 days thereafter. In the meantime, if you have questions about tickets and duplicate tickets, please call our legal helpline – (800) 576-7806. Please note, IDG does not provide any legal services and is simply an intermediary.
جب ورکرز متحد ہو کر لڑتے ہے تو ورکرز کی جیت ہو تی ہیں. گزشتہ سال، آئی ڈی جی کے ارکان نے متھد ہو کر نیو یارک شہر کے ٹیکسی اور لیمزین کمیشن میں ابر اور ویا میں ٹپنگ ڈالنے کے لۓ اپیل داخل کی ۔ اپیل کو ٹیکسی ا ینڈ لمیزین نے منضور کرکے کانون بنا دیا ۔ جس نے ابر اور ویا کو ان کی اطلاقات کو ٹپنگ اختیار میں اضافے کے لئے مجبور کیا، جس کے نتیجے میں اب $ 30- $ 100 ڈرائیوروں کی جیبوں میں ایک ہفتے اضافی جاتے ہں ۔ اب ہمیں لازمی طور پر اپنے خاندانوں کو فراہم کرنے کے لئے کافی کم از کم مزدوری حاصل کرنے کے لئے ایک ساتھ ملنا ضروری ہے.
پے آرگنائزنگ کمیٹی – کارکنوں کے گروپ نے منصفانہ تنخواہ منظور کراونے کے لئے ایک تجویز پیش کی ہے ۔ تجو یز میں کارکنوں کو اپنے خاندانوں کو فراہم کر نے کو یقینی بنانا مقصد ہے ۔ تجویز کے اہم مطالبات ذیل ہیں:
آئی ڈی جی تمام ڈرائیوز کے لۓ کم از کم اضا فی تنخواہ کا مطالبہ کرتا ہے- قیمتوں میں فی گھنٹہ اور فی میل اور فی منٹ 37 فیصد اضا فہ کا مطا لبا کیا گیا ہے ۔ تمام کمپنز کو کراے بڑحانے چاۓ اس میں اوبر ۔ لیفٹ۔ جنو سمیت تمام پلیٹ فارموں کے کرایوں میں اضافۂ کا مطالبہ کیا گیا ہے ۔
آئی ڈی جی زیادہ سے زیادہ کرایہ کے اضافہ کا مطالبا کرتا ہے. ہمیں اوبر کو اپنے مسافروں کو ڈبل سے زیادہ چارج کرنے اور ڈراینور کو کم از کم پے کرنے سے روکنا ضروری ہے ۔ ہم یہ مطالبہ کرتے ہیں کہ ابر اور دیگر کمپنیوں کو اپنے مسافروں کو 20٪ سے زائد چارج نہیں کرنا چاہیے جو ڈرایںور کو ادا کیا جاتا ہے.
آئی ڈی جی مطالبہ کرتا ہے کہ ڈراۂورز کو لانگ ٹرپ سے نیویارک سٹی میں واپس جانے کے لئے مڈیڈ ھیڈ فیس ملے جبکہ گاڑی میں کوئی مسافر نہیں ھوتا ہے.
آپ یہاں کراےکےافآفے کی مکمل تجویز کو پڑھ کر سکتے ہیں. اگر آپ ہماری درخواستوں کی حمایت کرتے ہیں تو، ہماری درخواست نامہ پر دستخط کریں، مہم سے ملوث ہوں اور اپنے ساتھی ڈرائیوروں کو بھی بتائیں.
Les travailleurs gagnent quand nous nous mobilisons et nous nous battons. L’année dernière, les membres d’IDG ont organisé et gagné à une loi de New York et une règle de Taxi et Limousine Commission qui ont forcé Uber et Via à ajouter une option de basculement à leurs applications, entraînant une augmentation de 30 à 100 $ par semaine. Maintenant, nous devons nous unir pour gagner un salaire minimum spécifique pour un véhicule de location, suffisamment élevé pour subvenir aux besoins de nos familles.
Le comité organisateur de la paye – le groupe de travailleurs qui s’organise pour gagner un salaire équitable – a approuvé une proposition visant à assurer que les travailleurs puissent subvenir aux besoins de nos familles. Voici nos principales exigences de la proposition:
L’IDG exige une augmentation de salaire minimum du conducteur – ce que les conducteurs sont payés par voyage, par minute et par mile après les frais et les suppléments – de 37% sur toutes les plateformes, y compris Uber, Lyft, Juno et Via.
L’IDG exige un tarif maximum. Nous devons empêcher Uber d’être en mesure de facturer à nos passagers plus que le double de ce qu’un travailleur est payé. Nous exigeons que Uber et les autres entreprises ne facturent pas à leurs passagers plus de 20% du salaire d’un travailleur.
L’IDG exige que les travailleurs reçoivent une rémunération pour frais de déplacement – nous sommes payés pour notre voyage de retour à New York alors qu’aucun passager n’est dans la voiture.
Vous pouvez trouver la proposition complète pour améliorer la rémunération ici. Si vous soutenez nos demandes, signez notre pétition, participez à la campagne et parlez-en à vos collègues conducteurs.
Los trabajadores del Volante ganan cuando nos unimos y luchamos. El año pasado, los miembros de IDG organizaron, ganaron una ley de la ciudad de Nueva York y una decisión de la comisión de taxis y limosinas que obligó a Uber y Via a agregar una opción de propinas a sus aplicaciones, lo que resultó en otros $ 30- $ 100 en los bolsillos de los conductores por semana. Tenemos que unirnos para ganar un salario mínimo para que los taxistas podamos mantener a nuestras familias.
El Comité Organizador de Pagos; el grupo de trabajadores que organiza para obtener un salario justo, aprobó una propuesta para garantizar que los trabajadores puedan proveer a sus familias. Estas son nuestras principales demandas de la propuesta:
El IDG exige un aumento salarial mínimo para el pago de los conductores (lo que los conductores cobran por viaje, por minuto y por milla después de las tarifas y recargos) en un 37% en todas las plataformas, incluidas Uber, Lyft, Juno y Via.
El IDG exige una tarifa máxima. Debemos evitar que Uber pueda cobrar a nuestros pasajeros más del doble de lo que se le paga al chofer. Exigimos que Uber y otras compañías no cobren a nuestros pasajeros más del 20% de lo que se le paga al los choferes.
El IDG exige que los choferes reciban pago de regreso a la ciudad de Nueva York, Cuando hayan tomado un viaje que los saque fuera del perimetro de la ciudad. aun cuando no haya pasajeros en el automóvil.
Puede encontrar la propuesta completa para mejorar el pago aquí. Si respalda nuestras demandas, firme nuestra petición, involúcrese con la campaña y cuéntele a sus compañeros conductores.
Tomorrow, the TLC is meeting to hear testimony on an unfair and impractical Wheelchair Accessible Vehicle (WAV) rule. While we support wheelchair accessibility, and we know our fellow workers support getting more Wheelchair Accessible Vehicles on the road, we cannot support a rule so severe, and on such an unrealistic timeline that it will endanger the public by drastically cutting our income.
Tomorrow’s hearing isn’t one New York’s 100,000 FHV workers can afford to ignore.
Already, we’re struggling to make a living while balancing vehicle maintenance, out-of-pocket medical care, and wages that seem to drop every time Uber and Lyft feel like tweaking their algorithms. Now, we’re staring down the barrel of a new Wheelchair Accessibility rule that will decimate our ability to make a living.
We have been trying to make contact with the advocates for people with disabilities to get them to meet with For-Hire Vehicle workers so we can work hand in hand to create a fair rule, but we’re having difficulty getting them to listen, which is why we have to mobilize.
Quick facts about this rule:
This rule would require that for-hire vehicle bases like Uber, Lyft, Via, and Juno dispatch non-black car vehicles to meet the WAV requirements. So, starting January 2018, 10% of all trips that would normally be dispatched to vehicles like yours would be dispatched to current wheelchair accessible vehicles instead, and 25% of all trips by 2020.
The current supply of accessible vehicles is not nearly enough to cover 10 percent of all trips, most drivers cannot switch to WAV, and there aren’t even enough accessible vehicles in the vicinity to purchase if workers could afford it.
This rule would slash the business and earnings of New York’s 100,000 FHV drivers deeply and force most mom-and-pop bases to shut down entirely.
FHV workers and the Guild were not consulted on this rule before its proposal despite enormous impacts.
The TLC is requiring FHV drivers to do in a few months what took the taxi industry more than a decade to accomplish. All without the 70 million dollars in funding provided to taxi garages through the Taxi Improvement Fund.
This rule would make it more difficult to survive by owning and operating your own car, and would likely make leasing more expensive, without any dedication to an increase in pay.
This rule would allow Uber, Lyft, and the other big bases to push all of the costs of converting to Wheelchair Accessible Vehicles onto the workers.
We support getting more WAVs on the road, and people in wheelchairs need a better service. But getting more WAVs on the road by cutting the income of 100,000 workers in half is unacceptable. Tell the TLC you oppose this rule. If you have contacts with any advocates for people with disabilities, please tell them we want to work together to build a future that works for people in wheelchairs and hard working drivers alike.
For the past year, IDG members like yourself have been fighting for a tipping option. Here is the timeline of our campaign:
May 2016 IDG launched as a Machinists Union affiliate representing and advocating for app-based drivers.
June 2016 Guild surveyed drivers on priorities and drivers selected tipping as top issue to bring to the first Uber works council meeting, but the company resisted.
July 2016 Guild launched a public campaign to pressure the company (online petition over 11,000 signatures, flyers, bar napkins, social media ads, stickers in cars).
July 2016 Guild first gave public comment to TLC in support of pay regulations.
February 2017 Uber still refused to budge on tipping, so IDG petitioned the TLC for tipping option rule and called for broader pay protection.
Feb-April 2017 Guild intensified the advocacy campaign driving 800 calls and thousands of emails to TLC; won the support of elected officials including a sign on letter with elected officials and community organizations. Finally, we produced twovideos comparing the lack of a tipping option to other industries. Those videos were viewed by over 50,000 people.
April 2017 TLC hearing – IDG members made a case for tipping and pay protection regulation (60 drivers attended to address TLC and flyer the event).
April 2017 VICTORY TLC responded that it sides with IDG in favor of tipping rule and also agreed broader pay regulation should be taken up.
May 30, 2017 TLC officially proposed rule language requiring tipping option.
June 6, 2017 NYC City Council Member Ydanis Rodriguez introduced legislation to require in-app tipping option with hearing scheduled for June 22.
June 15, 2017 Along with Long Haul Fares and a raise, workers voted for the tipping option to be a top-three issue for the June Works Council meeting.
June 20, 2017 Uber announced it would enable in-app tipping nationwide by the end of July.
June 21, 2017 Works Council meeting. Guild members told Uber $1, $2, $5 option is unacceptable.
June 22, 2017 IDG testified at New York City Council hearing on tipping legislation.
July 6, 2017 Uber added tipping option in NYC.
The campaign isn’t over yet. We still want to win the taxi-style rules where the tipping options have to be 20%, 25%, 30% or “other.” Join us on Sunday to get organized for the TLC hearing about the tipping rule on July 13th.
The new JFK bathrooms are a result of a coordinated push that included working closely with Port Authority, in conjunction with an all out media and grassroots effort. This victory came after months of stalling and navigating a difficult bureaucratic process, but a few weeks ago we decided we were tired of waiting.
We sent out press releases, text messages, and emails asking members to call the port authority to demand the basic dignity of a place to use the bathroom.
To be clear, porta potties are only a temporary solution. We demand bathrooms with running water and shade. We are also pushing to get more FHV stands in Manhattan to prevent tickets for stopping at taxi stands. If you want to take action, here’s what you do. After we get the final locations accepted by the Department of Transportation, we’re going to push for public bathrooms.
We deserve to drive with dignity. Join us as a dues-paying member at http://IDG.ms/JOIN to keep the wins coming.
We may have suffered a setback, but with so many uninsured IDG members, the issue isn’t lack of need. By no means are we giving up this battle. Here’s what you can do right now:
Join Us at the Next General Meeting
Healthcare and pay regulations will be the centerpieces of our July 9th meeting. We’ll discuss details of where we go from here, and more you can do to push healthcare over the finish line.
Cost is a barrier and as a result, we’re redoubling our efforts to win pay regulations and New York Council’s Intro 1301. These measures will put more money in your pocket and help ease the cost of healthcare. Throughout the summer, we’ll be asking members to fill out this survey to evaluate interest in healthcare and collect the necessary data to push forward the argument for pay regulations.