US EditionNewsom signs bill giving 800,000 Uber and Lyft drivers in California the right to unionize
The law grants over 800,000 drivers collective bargaining rights while keeping independent contractor status and lowers insurance requirements, aiming to reduce ride costs, officials said.
- More than 800,000 drivers for ride-hailing companies in California will soon be able to join a union and bargain collectively for better wages and benefits under a measure signed by Gov. Gavin Newsom.
- The legislation is a significant compromise in the yearslong battle between labor unions and tech companies, with California being the second state where Uber and Lyft drivers can unionize as independent contractors.
- In exchange for allowing drivers to unionize, Newsom is expected to sign a measure supported by Uber and Lyft to significantly cut the companies' insurance requirements for accidents caused by underinsured drivers.
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Uber and Lyft drivers in California win the right to unionize
More than 800,000 drivers for ride-hailing companies in California will soon be able to join a union and bargain collectively for better wages and benefits under a measure signed Friday by Gov. Gavin Newsom.
Newsom Signs Bill to Unionize California’s 800,000 Rideshare Gig Workers: This Was the Plan All Along – California Globe
Governor Gavin Newsom Friday signed Assembly Bill 1340 by Democrat Assembly members Buffy Wicks and Marc Berman into law, “marking a historic milestone for California’s gig economy and the hundreds of thousands of drivers who power it,” Wicks and Berman said in a press statement. There is nothing “historic” about taking over a private sector industry for unionization. It’s Marxism. California Governor Newsom, the Senate and Assembly have been wo…
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800,000 rideshare workers in California can unionize under new law
Gov. Gavin Newsom signed companion bills on Friday, Oct. 3, allowing hundreds of thousands of rideshare drivers to unionize while lowering their insurance threshold. The union-backed Assembly Bill 1340, sponsored by Assemblymembers Buffy Wicks, D-Oakland, and Marc Berman, D-Menlo Park, establishes the framework for more than 800,000 rideshare drivers to unionize and negotiate for higher wages, health benefits and workplace rights. Lyft- and Uber…
Lyft, Uber drivers will be able to unionize under new law signed by Newsom
A Lyft driver picks up a passenger. (File photo courtesy of Lyft) More than 800,000 drivers for ride-hailing companies in California will be able to join a union under a measure signed Friday by Gov. Gavin Newsom. Supporters said the new law, which takes effect Jan. 1, will open a path for the largest expansion of private sector collective bargaining rights in the state’s history. The legislation is a significant compromise in the long battle be…
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