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The independent, worker-led voice for fairness for Oregon rideshare drivers. Follow along as we fight to win, protect, and expand drivers' rights. When we fight, WE WIN! 💙✊🏿🤍✊️🖤✊🏻 driversunionor.org

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Portland Jobs with Justice @jwjpdx.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
Upcoming Events 🧵 Support upcoming events from JWJ & our member organizations! 📅Mon, Sept 14: Legacy Caregivers are Taking a Stand for Dignity & Respect! 10:30 am – 1 pm and 3 – 4 pm. Rally at noon Legacy Emanuel Medical Center 10:30 am – 1 pm and 3 – 4 pm. Rally at 11 am Legacy Good Samaritan
Join us at Legacy Emanuel and Legacy Good SamaritanPhoto of caregivers with picket signs. 

Legacy Workers are Taking Action
Enough is enough! We are taking it to the streets on Monday, Sept 14 with pickets at Legacy Emanuel and Legacy Good Samaritan.
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Drivers Union OR @driversunionor.bsky.social · 07/08/2026
Hard to say. From what we've heard, municipalities have had local control taken away by preemptive statewide legislation, which is a threat here in Oregon. The City recognizes this, and we agree they shouldn't be blocked from having their own policies. However, those policies must have protections!
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Drivers Union OR @driversunionor.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
My friend, this is the makings of powerful testimony. I wonder if the City will hold additional community outreach and engagement about this topic before legislation is drafted.
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Drivers Union OR @driversunionor.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
Sounds about right. And PBOT is proposing they be required to test 50k before applying for permit. They get enough cars on the road, they can do that in short order.
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Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani @mayor.nyc.gov · 29/07/2026
Uber Eats and DoorDash hid tip buttons and set default tips below 10%. As a result, tips for delivery workers fell 79%.  In January, we made these corporations change their apps — and in the past six months, we've put $104 million back in delivery workers' pockets.  This is only the beginning.
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Drivers Union OR @driversunionor.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
This! People don't know this is happening here in Oregon. But that's how Waymo wants it. They want to bulldoze their way into our state before the public weighs in. No comparative data to the drivers they look to replace (i.e. rideshare and other transit workers). Their safety claims have a big "*"
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Drivers Union OR @driversunionor.bsky.social · 29/07/2026
All that said, we are encouraged that this issue appears to be headed for a deliberate legislative process. Over 220 comments were submitted during the public input period, but that is not enough. More folks need to be made aware, so they can make their voices heard before it's too late. Let's go!
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Drivers Union OR @driversunionor.bsky.social · 29/07/2026
When push comes to shove, we still have major concerns about allowing dangerous, job-killing robovehicles into our communities. We heard a spitballed # of 50 AVs being the limit. That is 50 too many. Just because we can do something, doesn't mean we have to. #saynotowaymo #waymohellno
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Drivers Union OR @driversunionor.bsky.social · 29/07/2026
4. Some things being considered include capping AV fleet size & installing an impact fee for workforce transition 5. No mention of a human safety operator onboard, per our coalition's recommendation 6. Portland is still (understandably) concerned about being preempted by state legislation in 2027
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Drivers Union OR @driversunionor.bsky.social · 29/07/2026
Yesterday PBOT presented to the Public Works Committee regarding Autonomous Vehicles (AVs) in Portland. Key takeaways: 1. Over ⅓ of those who gave public comment are concerned about labour impacts 2. Over ½ are concerned about safety impacts 3. PBOT was asked to work on an ordinance
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Drivers Union OR @driversunionor.bsky.social · 28/07/2026
Woop woop! Thank you EPG for all of your work and leadership on this policy. You've got a bright future in public service.
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Drivers Union OR @driversunionor.bsky.social · 28/07/2026
Lo siento. Thanks for the correction!
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Drivers Union OR @driversunionor.bsky.social · 27/07/2026
This work is yrs in the making, and we're excited to take the next steps as a union, and a community. This is what happens when folks show up & fight! Thank you to @councilorepg.bsky.social, Novick, @pnwpolicyangel.bsky.social @councilordunphy.bsky.social and the entire dais for your support!
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Drivers Union OR @driversunionor.bsky.social · 27/07/2026
Portland City Council unanimously passed an ordinance to create a Drivers' Resource Center to provide culturally competent support to Uber & Lyft drivers in our greatest moments of need. Whether it be a wage complaint, deactivation, or outreach & education. This is just THE BEGINNING!
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Drivers Union OR @driversunionor.bsky.social · 19/06/2026
It's already started. We decided we would become a union 3 years ago. We are Drivers Union Oregon, and we are powerful. 💙✊🏿🤍✊️🖤✊🏻💙✊🏿🤍✊️🖤✊🏻 #unionstrong
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Drivers Union OR @driversunionor.bsky.social · 19/06/2026
The DRC ordinance will be introduced to the full Council. Date TBD.
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Drivers Union OR @driversunionor.bsky.social · 19/06/2026
Capping Uber & Lyft's take rate helps protect riders from price gouging, and gives drivers a living wage. Please e-mail Portland City Council and ask them to support fairness in rideshare. www.driversunionor.org/take_action FAIR PAY & FARE TRANSPARENCY!!! #unionstrong #sharethefare
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Take Action
Use the form below to email your Oregon state senator and representative. They need to hear from as many drivers as possible! Drivers deserve basic workers rights like fair pay, sick leave, and protec...
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Drivers Union OR @driversunionor.bsky.social · 19/06/2026
Uber & Lyft's take rate has risen, and so have their profits. Meanwhile, drivers are working longer hours & still barely scraping by.
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Drivers Union OR @driversunionor.bsky.social · 19/06/2026
Uber & Lyft charge riders different prices for the same ride, and riders have no idea this is happening....UNTIL NOW! Consumer Reports just released another banger of a study where volunteers from across the nation ordered the same rides at the same time. www.consumerreports.org/money/questi...
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Different Prices for the Same Ride: How Uber and Lyft Use AI to Get More Money Out of You - Consumer Reports
Consumer Reports found Uber and Lyft use algorithmic pricing to give different consumers very different prices for the same rides.
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Drivers Union OR @driversunionor.bsky.social · 10/06/2026
@councilorgreen.bsky.social @councilorepg.bsky.social @councilorkanal.bsky.social @pnwpolicyangel.bsky.social @counciloravalos.bsky.social @councilordunphy.bsky.social
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Drivers Union OR @driversunionor.bsky.social · 10/06/2026
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NW Labor Press @nwlaborpress.org · 09/06/2026
Portland City Council may soon consider capping Uber/Lyft’s grab of driver earnings. Uber and Lyft driver pay is down — even though rider cost is up. It's no mystery as to why.https://nwlaborpress.org/2026/06/portland-may-look-at-capping-uber-lyfts-grab-of-driver-earnings/
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Portland may look at capping Uber/Lyft’s grab of driver earnings
Driver pay is down even though rider cost is up. It's no mystery as to why.
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Councilor Candace Avalos @counciloravalos.bsky.social · 09/06/2026
Good afternoon, Portland! Today at City Life we have a short agenda: we’ll hear from Portlanders and then we’ll be considering a proposal aimed at helping gig drivers who work for companies like Lyft and Uber. Tune in here:
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Portland City Council City Life Committee 06/09/26
YouTube video by eGov PDX
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Drivers Union OR @driversunionor.bsky.social · 10/06/2026
BREAKING NEWS! The Driver Resource Center ordinance passed Portland City Council committee vote 5-0! Now it will go to full Council. 1 step closer to the in-language, in-person support hub for Uber & Lyft drivers. Thanks to the City Life members & our Council champs for your support & engagement!
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Drivers Union OR @driversunionor.bsky.social · 29/05/2026
We're back at it again! Had an informative conversation with the Committee on City Life on why Portland riders & drivers deserve Fairness in Rideshare. Together we will pass fair pay for drivers, protections from rider price gouging, and fare transparency. The legucation continues. #sharethefare
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Drivers Union OR @driversunionor.bsky.social · 29/05/2026
WAYMO? HELL. NO. Rolling surveillance drones that will drain resources from and funnel even more out of our communities, while posing untold dangers to public safety. Keep them out of Oregon!
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Drivers Union OR @driversunionor.bsky.social · 15/04/2026
@councilorgreen.bsky.social @councilorepg.bsky.social @councilordunphy.bsky.social @councilorkanal.bsky.social @counciloravalos.bsky.social @pnwpolicyangel.bsky.social
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Drivers Union OR @driversunionor.bsky.social · 15/04/2026
Great piece from More Perfect Union on what's not talked about enough. While despite the safety illusion Waymo creates, the reports of Waymo rides gone wrong continue to pile up, there's a big picture threat AVs pose to jobs for low wage workers. #saynotowaymo #waymohellno youtu.be/ZqVuNSx7sgs?...
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Driverless Cars Are Doing Something Worse Than Crashing
YouTube video by More Perfect Union
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Drivers Union OR @driversunionor.bsky.social · 13/03/2026
@councilorgreen.bsky.social @councilorepg.bsky.social @councilordunphy.bsky.social @councilorkanal.bsky.social @counciloravalos.bsky.social @pnwpolicyangel.bsky.social @councilormorillo.bsky.social
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Drivers Union OR @driversunionor.bsky.social · 13/03/2026
The fight against Autonomous Vehicles in Oregon aint over! Portland Bureau of Transportation is proposing rules that would enable testing & permitting of AVs. Essential transit workers & safety on our streets are at risk! Learn more & speak out by April 4th Portland.gov share.google/ZLh0w4bI9APu...
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Drivers Union OR @driversunionor.bsky.social · 05/03/2026
Surprised they could even ballpark on the map where Paraguay is 😆
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Drivers Union OR @driversunionor.bsky.social · 27/02/2026
@councilorkanal.bsky.social @councilordunphy.bsky.social @councilorgreen.bsky.social @councilorepg.bsky.social @counciloravalos.bsky.social @councilormorillo.bsky.social
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Drivers Union OR @driversunionor.bsky.social · 27/02/2026
BREAKING: Today Portland City Councilor Steve Novick introduced a proposal (a collab between Council & our union) to CAP UBER & LYFT'S TAKE RATE AT 20% and give riders & drivers FARE TRANSPARENCY! Honoured to take next steps in our journey. Let's get after it! 💙✊🏿🤍✊️🖤✊🏻 #sharethefare #driverpower
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350PDX! @350pdx.bsky.social · 24/02/2026
Tomorrow (Wednesday, 2/25) night! Come to 350PDX's Action Night! After a short film, Councilor Kanal @councilorkanal.bsky.social will speak about chemical munitions legislation, and a panel discussion will follow. Details & RSVP: 350pdx.org/event/tear-g... #Portland #PortlandProtest #teargas
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Councilor Sameer Kanal @councilorkanal.bsky.social · 23/02/2026
Federal agents are poisoning our neighborhoods with chemical weapons. Come to 350PDX's action night at 6pm, Wed., Feb. 25 for a short film screening, panel discussion, & some preliminary info on the ordinance I'm developing to limit tear gas in Portland. RSVP at 350pdx.org/event/tear-g... #TearGas
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Action Night! Tear Gas: Film & Speakers - 350PDX: Climate Justice
When we scheduled our February Action Night, “The Dangers of Tear  Gas,” we did not realize how timely the event would be. Federal agents have once again escalated the use of chemical […]
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GenZOregonizers @genzoregonizers.bsky.social · 23/02/2026
Portland City Council Votes To Reshape Its Committee Structure loom.ly/Bjj3aH8
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Portland City Council Votes To Reshape Its Committee Structure
Portland’s transition to a new form of government last January brought new practices and procedures for the City Council. Among the largest changes, impacting both the Council and members of the public, was the introduction of eight policy committees. The committees, which considered topics including transportation, climate, finance, homelessness, and public safety, were intended to provide a focused venue for councilors to introduce legislation and hold conversations on specific topics, as w...
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Drivers Union OR @driversunionor.bsky.social · 11/02/2026
#saynotowaymo #waymohellno Thank you for standing up for our commUNITY of essential transportation providers! 💙✊🏿🤍✊️🖤✊🏻
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Drivers Union OR @driversunionor.bsky.social · 11/02/2026
BREAKING NEWS: HB 4085, which would've allowed dangerous, unpopular, job-killing robovehicles into our state in 2026 IS DEAD! Community members have spoken, and this bill missed the mark on so many levels. Oregonians don't need AVs, Waymo, Lyft & Uber do! 💙✊🏿🤍✊️🖤✊🏻💙✊🏿🤍✊️🖤✊🏻 #saynotowaymo
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Drivers Union OR @driversunionor.bsky.social · 08/02/2026
PLEASE STAND WITH OREGON UBER/LYFT DRIVERS & SAY NO TO DANGEROUS, JOB-KILLING ROBOTAXIS!!! E-MAIL THE HOUSE TRANSPORTATION COMMITTEE & URGE THEM TO OPPOSE HB 4085: actionbutton.nationbuilder.com/share/SPK-QE...
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Drivers Union OR @driversunionor.bsky.social · 02/02/2026
Waymo is lobbying lawmakers to allow experimental, unsafe, discriminatory, job-killing robotaxis into our state. Oregon rideshare drivers & passengers demand fair pay & transparency, not this! Let's come together as a community and say #waymohellno! #saynotowaymo #NOonHB4085
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pnwpolicyangel aka Angelita 👼 @pnwpolicyangel.bsky.social · 01/02/2026
Man I fucking hate a bully. My blood is boiling watching the videos of kids, families, and union members getting gassed by ICE.
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Councilor Candace Avalos @counciloravalos.bsky.social · 01/02/2026
The force that teargassed workers, families, children, and elders who were peacefully protesting is the same force that has kidnapped sick kids and murdered two Minneapolis neighbors on our streets. We can’t appeal to the moral conscience of a system that has none. We have to win.
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Tina Kotek @tinakotek.bsky.social · 01/02/2026
Trump's ICE has no place in Oregon. The use of tear gas against families, children, and peaceful demonstrators yesterday is a horrific abuse of authority that undermines public safety and violates constitutional rights. Federal agents must stand down and be held accountable.
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Anti-ICE protest draws massive crowd at South Portland facility, feds deploy tear gas
Thousands of demonstrators who marched to the ICE building were met with pepper balls and tear gas within minutes of their arrival.
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Councilor Candace Avalos @counciloravalos.bsky.social · 01/02/2026
The ACLU wants to hear from any families with kids or anyone who was significantly impacted by the use of chemical munitions at yesterday’s protest. Please email my office so we can help connect you with their legal team.
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Drivers Union OR @driversunionor.bsky.social · 01/02/2026
Our driver community has been targeted nationally & even just recently in Portland. Today union & community members demonstrated peacefully against ICE. Unfortunately we were assaulted by federal agents. How can you shoot tear gas & flashbang grenades at kids & pets?! This will not stand! #iceout
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Drivers Union OR @driversunionor.bsky.social · 19/12/2025
Congrats NSLU! Workers right, worth the fight!
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Drivers Union OR @driversunionor.bsky.social · 19/12/2025
Thanks @councilormorillo.bsky.social for being in community with us. Looking forward to continuing to work together for fairness & equity for rideshare drivers and passengers. Our community cares about driver rights, and it means alot that Council does too. #sharethefare #UnionStrong #driverpower
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Councilor Sameer Kanal @councilorkanal.bsky.social · 14/12/2025
If you're in the Lloyd area, you might have seen a flier at your house. I might have missed you at the door, but please come out to our Town Hall in Lloyd Center next Friday (12/19) at 5:30!
A rolled up flier left at a person's door, which invites the recipients to a District 2 town hall in Lloyd Center at 5:30 pm on Friday 12/19.
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Councilor Sameer Kanal @councilorkanal.bsky.social · 15/12/2025
Wednesday: - Homelessness Response System Key Performance Indicators - State & Federal Legislative Agendas for 2026 Thursday: - Financial audits of FY 2024-25 - Initiating a pilot, for the parks bureau, for a new system of budgeting - And finally, appointing the PSR Committee! See you there! 2/2
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