Uber, Lyft drivers protest wages in Chicago

Drivers for ride-hailing apps Uber and Lyft plan to hold a rally at Chicago’s O’Hare airport Aug. 17 to protest wages and abuse from passengers, according to Fortune.

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The Chicago Rideshare Advocates group is working to organize thousands of drivers across the city to protest wages that  they say often drop below the city’s minimum wage of $12 per hour. The group also said abusive riders often are ignored by companies.

“Nobody wants to ban Uber and Lyft. Nobody wants that,” Eli Martin, a co-organizer of Chicago Rideshare Advocates told the Chicago Sun-Times. “We all like this; we just have to make it work better.”

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