1000’s of Uber, Lyft and DoorDash drivers plan to stroll off the job Wednesday in a Valentine’s Day demonstration to protest decrease pay and unsafe working situations.

Rideshare Drivers United, an unbiased union, stated that Lyft and Uber drivers would flip off their apps on Wednesday to protest “the numerous lower in pay we have all felt this winter.”

“We’re sick of working 80 hours per week simply to make ends meet, being continuously scared for our security and worrying about deactivated with the press of a button,” said the Justice For App Staff coalition, which represents greater than 100,000 drivers. 

The group stated its members wouldn’t be taking rides to or from airports in 10 cities in holding a Valentine’s Day strike. Drivers plan to carry rallies noon at airports in Austin, Chicago, Hartford, Miami, Newark, Orlando, Philadelphia, Pittsburgh, Windfall and Tampa.

DoorDash didn’t reply to a request for remark.

Uber downplayed the potential affect of the deliberate motion, saying a driver protest final 12 months had no impact on enterprise. “Driver earnings stay sturdy, and as of This fall 2023, drivers within the U.S. had been making about $33 per utilized hour,” Uber stated in a press release.

Lyft drivers utilizing their very own automobiles earned $30.68 an hour together with suggestions and bonuses “of engaged time,” and $23.46 an hour after bills within the second half of 2023, the corporate said in a white paper. 

Lyft just lately promised that its drivers would obtain at the very least 70% of the cash their shoppers pay to experience with them, a part of the corporate’s efforts to spice up pay transparency amid long-running criticisms about its driver compensation.