A statewide coalition of North Carolina rideshare drivers, organized around the conditions we actually face behind the wheel — not around any single bill, app, or campaign.
We are drivers first. This coalition exists to organize around what we live every day behind the wheel — the risk, the cost, and the fairness — so nothing is decided about North Carolina drivers without North Carolina drivers.
Nine conditions North Carolina drivers face, grouped by where they hit hardest. This is the foundation the Alliance is built on — everything else we do answers to this list.
Drivers front every cost of the vehicle, insurance, fuel, and depreciation, while the platform sets both sides of the price without disclosing either figure in full.
Pay is calculated only on the passenger-carrying portion of a trip. The cost of getting back falls entirely on the driver.
Promotions offered to riders are frequently paid for by reducing what the driver receives — without disclosure that it's happening.
Drivers finance vehicles to qualify for a premium tier, based on stated requirements that can change before the loan is paid off.
Deactivation can happen on unverified allegations, without notice, human review, or a path to reversal — even when the report is false.
At shared infrastructure like airport lots, drivers who wait in good faith are passed over based on opaque, proprietary status — not order of arrival.
Drivers transport strangers, often alone at night, with no rider verification and no defined duty of care from the platform arranging the ride.
Incident data isn't collected or published, so there's no public record of how often drivers are endangered — and no pressure to act.
Even where a right exists on paper, drivers have had no practical way to enforce it — no clear path, no penalty structure, terms that waive rights before drivers know they exist.
Three functions, working against the same nine problems — independent of any single tool, campaign, or piece of legislation.
Connecting drivers across all 100 counties through trust networks, driver forums, and organizing at shared spaces like airport staging lots — so no driver is facing this alone.
Identifying which lever — legislative, legal, or regulatory — fits each problem, and pushing it through the statehouse, the courts, or the agencies that oversee this industry.
Collecting trip data, incident records, and firsthand driver accounts — building the evidence base so no driver has to make their case alone.
This coalition only works if it's built by the drivers living these problems. Join the Alliance, or tell us what you're seeing on the road — especially if it's not on our list yet.
Thanks for joining — we'll be in touch with next steps for your county.