Unofficial DMV Drivers Alliance Updates

01/28/2026

01/27/2026

❗❗ATTENTION VIRGINIA DRIVERS!!! ITS TIME TO MOBILIZE!!!

This Thursday, Jan. 29th, both of our Senate Bills will be heard and voted on by the Senate Transportation Committee. Please be there at 11am. Here is a link to the docket for the committee: https://lis.virginia.gov/session-details/20261/committee-information/S11/dockets/20940.

See details below.

Where:
General Assembly Building
201 North 9th Street
Richmond VA 23219
Senate Room B, Room 306

When: This Thursday, Jan. 29th (Please be prepared for unexpected delays because there are times when the actual meeting gets pushed back by 1 to 2 hours)

Purpose: To convince the Senate Transportation Committee Hearing to pass SB587 -
Transportation network companies; minimum compensation; civil penalty. (Driver pay) AND SB550 - Transportation network companies; publishing and disclosure requirements. (Pay Transparency and Deactivations).

Note:
You cannot bring signs but you can wear a shirt that says, PASS SB587 AND SB550. Please dress warmly and be on the look out for more updates.

Please sign our registration form (https://forms.gle/kdvc6Z1JmavXxkQm7) and show up at these committee hearings. If you don't show up and fight for better pay and working conditions, no one will. Power to the drivers!

01/27/2026

❗❗ATTENTION VIRGINIA DRIVERS!!! ITS TIME TO MOBILIZE!!! This Thursday, Jan. 29th, both of our Senate Bills will be heard and voted on by the Senate Transportation Committee. Please be there at *11am*. Here is a link to
the docket for the committee:
https://lis.virginia.gov/session-details/20261/committee-information/S11/dockets/20940. See details below.

Where:
*General Assembly Building
201 North 9th Street
Richmond VA 23219

Senate Room B, Room 306*

When:
This Thursday, Jan. 29th (Please be prepared for unexpected delays because there are times when the actual meeting gets pushed back by 1 to 2 hours)

Purpose:
To convince the Senate Transportation Committee Hearing to pass SB587 -
Transportation network companies; minimum compensation; civil penalty.
(Driver pay) AND SB550 - Transportation network companies; publishing and disclosure requirements. (Pay Transparency and Deactivations).

Note:
You cannot bring signs but you can wear a shirt that says, PASS SB587
AND SB550. Please dress warmly and be on the look out for more updates.

Please sign our registration form (https://forms.gle/kdvc6Z1JmavXxkQm7) and show up at these committee hearings. If you don't show up and fight for better pay and working conditions, no one will. Power to the drivers!

01/23/2026

🚨 ATTENTION UBER & LYFT DRIVERS IN VIRGINIA 🚨

Our Pay Transparency and Pay Increase bills have now been formally submitted to the Virginia General Assembly and are moving toward committee hearings, where most legislation is decided.

• HB1003 — Standardizes driver pay and includes automatic annual increases tied to the cost of living
• HB1270 — Requires pay transparency and gives drivers real power to challenge unfair deactivations

Before these bills reach the House or Senate floor, they must clear key committee hearings in Richmond. Uber and Lyft are mobilizing to stop them there.

That’s why this campaign is focused on pressure + turnout: • A public petition aimed at the Governor, legislative leadership, and committee chairs
• A driver survey to organize testimony, calls, outreach, endorsements, and bodies in the room

If drivers don’t show up, these bills won’t pass.

✍️ Sign the petition:
https://bit.ly/virginia-rideshare-petition-2026

📝 Take the driver survey / register to show up:
https://bit.ly/fair-pay-for-va-rideshare-drivers
(Links in bio)

📣 Share this post in DMs, Stories, and group chats with coworkers, loved ones, and any organizations you’re part of.

Power to the drivers.

03/03/2025

01/23/2025

Calling All Supporters of the Rideshare Drivers Labor Movement in VA!

The Senate Transportation Committee of the Virginia General Assembly will be voting on two bills SB1167 (sets a pay rate for drivers) and SB1348 (pay and deactivation transparency bill) that requires Uber and Lyft to be more transparent in their compensation rates and how they deactivate drivers).
They will vote on these bills on Jan. 23rd at around 2pm.

We need all all those who support to email and call the members of this committee to vote yes on the bills before 2pm on the 23rd.

For convenience, follow the link (below and in bio) to a pre-filled email template that will open in your default email app - customize your message if you have a moment!

https://tinyurl.com/mryypusj

Here are the Virginia State Senators that you should call. Please do this today!!! If you need more information please message our Instagram account!

Jennifer B. Boysko(D)
(804) 698-7538
[email protected]

David W. Marsden(D)
(804) 698-7535
[email protected]

Ghazala F. Hashmi(D)
(804) 698-7515
[email protected]

Lamont Bagby (D)
(804) 698-7514
[email protected]

Lashrecse D. Aird (D)
(804) 698-7513
[email protected]

Danica A. Roem (D)
(804) 698-7530
[email protected]

Stella G. Pekarsky (D)
(804) 698-7536
[email protected]

Kannan Srinivasan(D)
804-698-7532
[email protected]

Please share widely on your socials!!!

12/10/2024

Long time, no post! The was our original inspiration for forming a local drivers alliance, and its past time that we combine our efforts under one umbrella, their umbrella, so that drivers across Virginia can be unified in our struggles and in our development as a fighting force for workers' rights!

To that end, the leadership at DMV Drivers Alliance will be driving down from their Alexandria office on Tuesday, Dec 17th for a meet and greet + a new member orientation, to be held from 1:15pm to 3:15pm at the Glen Allen Branch Library on Staples Mill Rd!

Topics will include a brief history of the DMV Mit Drivers Alliance, an overview of our our upcoming legislative strategy and protest actions, our canvassing and recruitment program, our community partnerships, and our plans to build a drivers co-op!

Drivers, join us, and bring other drivers with you! Supportive non-driver community members, please share this post on your socials and especially with your friends and family who either drive for a living or who regularly use Uber & Lyft services! Mention this meeting to your rideshare drivers!

(Note: we will keep this social media page for now to help boost, but we do encourage all drivers to join the DMV Drivers Alliance whatsapp and/or telegram chats and to follow and the dmv drivers alliance

06/24/2024

Statement from Richmond Drivers Alliance On Henrico Carjacking of an Uber Driver:

We’re horrified but unsurprised that another attack on a rideshare driver has happened, and we're determined to continue fighting for better protections for gig workers to prevent and mitigate harm. 

Below are some key findings of a report called “DRIVING DANGER: How Uber and Lyft create a safety crisis for their drivers”, prepared by the Strategic Organizing Center from surveys taken in March 2023 of drivers across the US:

Rideshare work is unsafe, especially for people of color. 

► Two-thirds of all rideshare driver survey respondents were threatened, 
harassed, or assaulted in the last year.
► A majority of driver respondents were verbally abused, more than a quarter 
were verbally threatened with physical harm and 14 percent were grabbed, 
groped, or hit.
► A higher proportion of drivers of color reported experiencing some type of 
threatening, harassing or violent behavior (72%) compared to white drivers 
(63%), and almost one-in-five drivers of color reported being grabbed, groped, 
or hit.

Deactivation motivates drivers to take unsafe rides. 

► Fifty-nine percent of all drivers who accepted rides they felt were unsafe did so 
because they were concerned about negative reviews leading to deactivation. 
For drivers of color, this rate was seventy percent.
► Eighty-three percent of rideshare drivers reported concern about deactivation 
by their app-based corporations, with over half being ‘very’ or ‘extremely’ 
concerned.
► Three-in-four rideshare drivers reported that the ability to deny or cancel rides 
without consequence if they feel threatened or unsafe would make them feel 
safer on the job.

App-based rideshare respondents were asked about measures that they believed would make their jobs safer or help them deal with the hazards of the job.

►Ability to deny/cancel rides without consequences drivers feel threatened: 76%
► Guaranteed compensation if injured or hurt while working: 69%
► Passenger verification: 66%
► Guaranteed compensation for family in cases of prolonged recovery or death: 64%

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06/10/2024

🚨 Fundraiser Alert!!! 🚨

A rideshare driver in RVA needs $138 to continue fighting Uber in small claims court against an unfair account deactivation which has resulted in lost wages!

Please donate what you can via cashapp to "$richardallbright"!

The fundraiser deadline is June 23rd!

If you'd like to donate but don't have cashapp, please DM us to arrange an alternative!

Rideshare driver advocacy groups around the country are building power to fight against unfair account deactivations - as we build power and get legislative protections for drivers, small claims court is one way we can push back.

Please share this post to help us meet our goal!

05/25/2024

"Unless we protest, Uber is not going to give us any rights."

https://www.wired.com/story/drivers-are-rising-up-against-ubers-opaque-pay-system/

05/23/2024

A new article in Business Insider tells us what we already knew:

05/21/2024

RVA Rideshare & Delivery Drivers:

Please join us on Monday June 3rd at 10am for an online orientation meeting, at which we'll discuss our organization's strategy, tactics, and orientation!

Non-drivers, please share this with your driver friends and family!