Chicago rideshare drivers gathered between the first and second terminals of O’Hare International Airport on June 25 to launch their latest call for change: an end to “unfair deactivations.”
It felt personal for Bernard Moses, a 50-year-old driver based in Plainfield, Illinois. In May, Moses said, Uber deactivated his account without explanation. The change left him without income he’d depended on since the COVID-19 pandemic disrupted his massage therapy business.
