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Uber and Lyft drivers in California win a path to unionization
The agreement creates a model for drivers to be able to organize for increased pay, job protections, and other benefits. In exchange, California regulators say they’ll support legislation to reduce expensive insurance coverage mandates that ride-hailing companies have to pay.
Gavin Newsom, alongside Senate President Pro Tem Mike McGuire and Assembly Speaker Robert Rivas, announced Friday support for two pieces of legislation that form a pathway for app-based drivers to unionize. Newsom called it an “historic agreement between workers and business that only California could deliver.” He said labor representatives and the companies “found common ground that will empower hundreds of thousands of drivers while making rideshare more affordable for millions of Californians.” Drivers have long criticized the system for giving companies broad control over pay and deactivations, leaving them limited power to influence earnings or working conditions.
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