Hi all, I thought there might be some interest here in the progress of The Drivers Cooperative, which is a driver-owned rideshare cooperative I developed in New York City that is seeking to address the problems of the gig economy. We have had some success and we are looking for partners who want to launch similar efforts in other cities. We just released our Annual Report with an overview: http://drivers.coop/s/TDC_AnnualReport2023_3.pdf Here are some of the highlights: • Established a $30/hr minimum wage for drivers • Over $5.2 million paid out in wages • Built an app that we're ready to share with cooperatives everywhere (download it here <http://drivers.coop/download>) Hopefully our story can help counter the lies of companies like Uber and Lyft that claim it would be impossible to provide basic employment rights, and threaten to leave markets entirely when faced with even minimal regulations to protect workers. If we can do it as a tiny worker co-op, they can certainly do it. For that matter, it would be relatively easy for municipalities to simply provide a rideshare service as a public utility and ensure that workers have basic rights in the process. Here is some news coverage with additional details: https://nextcity.org/urbanist-news/new-yorks-driver-owned-ride-hailing-app-is-putting-its-foot-on-the-accelera If you are interested in collaborating on building a driver-owned cooperative in your cities, please fill out our interest form: http://drivers.coop/federation, or email me at erik@drivers.coop. in cooperation, Erik