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How much money can they make during a 1 hour strike? Lowering their prices seems like the opposite of making money to me

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A one hour strike at one of the busiest airports on the East Coast with NO taxis available? Probably a lot.

The point is you hold a strike to STOP work, not work for less money. That's called scabbing and is the opposite of solidarity.

Should the company decide on behalf of the workers whether they must join a strike? Shouldn't Uber drivers be the ones to make that decision?

Drivers are only allowed to turn down a limited number of rides before they are no longer allowed to be uber drivers for the day.

It was an one hour strike. Surely they could have driven far from the airport (to avoid getting tagged by the algorithm) for that time.

Can't they just turn off the app for an hour?

I think this sort of protest requires organization. Uber's surge pricing (which I assume drivers didn't know would be suspended in time to plan a protest) basically guarantees seamless scabbing, so the opportunity cost of the protest becomes unreasonable.

This is not about how much money they can make.

This is about showing their support to the government, their allies.

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