{"id":37093,"date":"2022-11-25T13:21:16","date_gmt":"2022-11-25T20:21:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/uber-and-lyft-drivers-plan-to-strike-saturday-at-dia\/"},"modified":"2022-11-25T20:21:16","modified_gmt":"2022-11-25T20:21:16","slug":"uber-and-lyft-drivers-plan-to-strike-saturday-at-dia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/uber-and-lyft-drivers-plan-to-strike-saturday-at-dia\/","title":{"rendered":"Uber and Lyft drivers plan to strike Saturday at DIA"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><figure class=\"wp-block-image naviga-inline-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/imengine.public.prod.dur.navigacloud.com\/?uuid=661e9d90-f677-5fb8-a8be-2365fb8eed7c&amp;function=cover&amp;type=preview&amp;source=false&amp;width=2000\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" alt=\"Uber and Lyft drivers plan to strike at DIA on Saturday, adding to delay possibilities on a busy holiday weekend. (Hart Van Denburg\/CPR News file)\" class=\"naviga-image\" loading=\"lazy\"><figcaption><span class=\"caption\">Uber and Lyft drivers plan to strike at DIA on Saturday, adding to delay possibilities on a busy holiday weekend. (Hart Van Denburg\/CPR News file)<\/span><span class=\"credit\">cca<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/p><p>A group of drivers for Uber and Lyft planned to protest against the apps they drive for Saturday at Denver International Airport.<\/p>\n<p>The strike is being organized through Colorado Independent Drivers United, an unofficial union made up of more than 400 ride share drivers. A leader with the group expects several hundred gig drivers to participate. The protest will take place at the Airport\u2019s Commercial Lot between 9 a.m. and 1 p.m.<\/p>\n<p>Drivers are protesting the app\u2019s business model, which has been criticized for taking a hefty chunk of a gig worker\u2019s fare. CIDU says up to 60% to 80% of fares have been taken from drivers. The workers are also demanding Colorado\u2019s Public Utilities Commission use its authority to enforce Colorado\u2019s Transportation Network Companies Act, which requires ride share apps to be transparent about fares.<\/p>\n<p>The group is asking fellow Uber and Lyft drivers to turn off the app and not take rides during the strike.<\/p>\n<p>Denver International Airport is expected to be extremely busy as the Thanksgiving holiday comes to a close. Travelers are encouraged to get to the airport early and prepare for long lines for security and transportation.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cpr.org\/\" id=\"link-d8b302ec39d1693384fce81524f74616\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em id=\"emphasis-c0040859f5d9566402196379b926b203\">To read more stories from Colorado Public Radio, visit www.cpr.org<\/em><\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>extra time if heading to the airport or landing Saturday<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":37094,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[916,431,28,1922,2344],"naviga_topic":[],"class_list":["post-37093","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-air-transport","tag-business-general","tag-headlines","tag-labor","tag-road-transport"],"acf":[],"author_name":"dh_admin","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/37093","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=37093"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/37093\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/37094"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=37093"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=37093"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=37093"},{"taxonomy":"naviga_topic","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/naviga_topic?post=37093"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}