On June 15, members of Cab Drivers United/AFSCME Council 31 met with Alderman Emma Mitts, the Chair of the Committee on License & Consumer Protection to discuss the issues facing Chicago’s cab drivers and the threat TNPs face not only to our livelihood, but public safety.

Alderman Mitts expressed concern about our issues and pledged to hold a hearing to hear from cab drivers like us on why TNPs must be regulated like the taxi services they are.

Join Cab Drivers United/AFSCME members in writing Alderman Mitts to thank her for hearing our concerns and urge her to hold a hearing at her next committee meeting, on July 28^th.

Following a report that an UberX driver in Springfield, Illinois had a long criminal record, yet passed the company’s background check before being arrested earlier this month for exposing himself to passengers, Cab Drivers United/AFSCME Council 31 is once again calling on the City of Chicago to correct an out-of-control system that puts public safety at risk by allowing private corporations like Uber and Lyft to self-police, despite numerous examples of gross misconduct by their drivers.

ABC7 Chicago reported on June 26th that the UberX driver, Adam R. Stevenson, who was arrested June 6, has a violent criminal past with multiple convictions including battery, a restraining order against him by his ex-wife, drug possession and numerous traffic violations.

Cab Drivers United/AFSCME released the following statement:

“For months, Cab Drivers United/AFSCME has urged the City of Chicago to end the failed practice of allowing private corporations like Uber and Lyft to police themselves. The city’s safeguards, regulations and oversight for these companies should be no different than for licensed cabs. Uber’s gross negligence poses a risk to Chicago residents who shouldn’t have to worry about being driven by a violent criminal.”