New York City for-hire vehicle drivers are building back better from the COVID-19 pandemic with the power of worker cooperatives! Before the pandemic, our city's 91%-immigrant workforce of 85,000+ for-hire vehicle drivers was crushed by high commissions charged by a duopoly of venture-backed rideshare platforms that offload all the costs– and risks– of doing business onto drivers.

Now, drivers have come together to launch their own "platform cooperative" alternative: Co-op Ride, a rideshare service owned and run democratically by drivers. With Co-op Ride, drivers make 30% more on each trip, profits go back to drivers, drivers have a democratic voice in the company, all drivers have due process rights, and drivers are able to join the LES People's Federal Credit Union to access non-extractive financing for vehicle purchases.

The Drivers Cooperative is creating the best company that can exist within the for-hire industry we have today. We need your help to build power to change the system itself.

With your support, we will launch a four-month "Organizing Fellowship" for drivers to take time off the road to reach out to their peers about how the for-hire vehicle industry can be transformed through worker cooperatives and a just, green transition. Organizing Fellows will conduct outreach and research, lead classes, and launch projects to advance system change through worker ownership and a just, green transition to electric vehicles.

Thank you for your support!