Uber and Lyft drivers planning strike at LaGuardia Airport

EAST ELMHURST, Queens (WABC) -- Lyft drivers will throw their support behind their counterparts at Uber by joining a planned work stoppage on Sunday.

Both groups promise to stop picking up and dropping off customers at LaGuardia. The job action is set to last from noon to midnight.

They are protesting a move by Uber's management to block drivers from getting a raise approved by the Taxi and Limousine Commission.

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