Jason Chavez

May 28, 2024 | insightnews.com | Robin Wonsley |Jason Chavez

In the fall of 2022, hundreds of rideshare drivers came to City Hall to tell us about their poverty wages and exploitative work conditions, and advocated for Council to pass policies guaranteeing them the wages and protections that they, like all workers, deserve. Since that day, we have stood alongside drivers as the co-authors of the Minneapolis Fair Drives, Safe Rides ordinances.

Apr 25, 2024 | longfellownokomismessenger.com | Cam Gordon |Jason Chavez |Sam Gould

The residents I represent have been very clear about what they want to see, and it is that they want it to be community use.” The city keeps telling us what we want, without giving us the opportunity to authentically listen, and engage with what neighbors actually want and are desiring. So, what I hope this autonomous RFP can do is set up space for critical dreaming. It’s both practical, but at the same time, it allows us to imagine different ways of self-governing and collaborating as...

Apr 11, 2024 | insightnews.com | Jason Chavez |Jamal Osman

Council’s rideshare minimum compensation ordinance has prompted nearly a dozen new and expanding rideshare companies to prepare to launch in Minneapolis. These include businesses that are locally owned, owned by people of color, and a worker-owned co-operative. Additionally, the ordinance has sparked a local and national conversation about how every single worker deserves a minimum wage. Check out recent coverage in the Minnesota Reformer,  The Washington Post, PBS, and Here’s the Truth.

Aug 14, 2023 | startribune.com | Robin Wonsley |Jason Chavez |Jamal Osman

Opinion editor's note: Star Tribune Opinion publishes a mix of national and local commentaries online and in print each day. To contribute, click here. ••• As Minneapolis City Council members, our job is to help make our city a safe and welcoming place to live and work. Right now, thousands of Minneapolis workers are unable to pay rent and support their families because of the race to the bottom by massive corporate rideshare companies Uber and Lyft.

Jul 26, 2023 | longfellownokomismessenger.com | Cam Gordon |Rachel Schmidt Boeke |Jason Chavez |Robin Wonsley

By Cam Gordon Police won’t be moving back into the Third Precinct building at East Lake St. and Minnehaha Ave. that was set ablaze after the murder of George Floyd by Third Precinct officers. After looking at citizen comment, Mayor Jacob Frey and the Minneapolis City Council announced in July that they will delay plans to locate a new or renovated police station in the southside.