New York (CNN Business) On-demand workers in the US are rising up against the companies they work for -- using the platforms themselves to do it. It's the latest example of on-demand workers leveraging the tools they have, developed by the companies they contract for, to fight back against low wages. The coordinated protest, dubbed "Blitz Up," is being organized by Seattle-based workers' rights organization Working Washington. Sage Wilson, an organizer with Working Washington, said there's a trend in protest tactics emerging from how the apps work. The scheme is part of a growing backlash against the newly public on-demand companies, which both saw coordinated, multi-city worker protests ahead of their IPOs.

Source: CNN June 14, 2019 18:33 UTC