Massachusetts Uber, Lyft Drivers Certify First Statewide Ride-Hailing Union Amid Automation Fears
The union will bargain over pay, safety and deactivation for about 70,000 drivers under a voter-approved state framework.
- Massachusetts has certified the App Drivers Union as the first statewide ride-hailing union, representing about 70,000 Uber and Lyft drivers after 18 months following a voter-approved measure.
- Drivers like Fredo and Steve Kalmanides support the union, seeking better pay and fairer distribution of earnings amid rising gas prices and concern that companies take excessive fees.
- Governor Maura Healey supports the union, saying it means better wages and benefits for drivers and their families.
- Lyft and Uber have committed to good-faith negotiations, though economists warn that higher driver wages may lead to higher fares, reduced incentives, or lower profits.
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Massachusetts has become the first state to approve collective bargaining for drivers for ride-hailing services, while maintaining flexibility and contractor independence. This might be a model for other workers in the evolving, internet-based economy.
Massachusetts becomes first state to recognize union for Uber, Lyft drivers
Massachusetts became the first state to certify that ride-hailing drivers with Uber and Lyft, who are considered independent contract workers under federal law, can organize and form a union. Ride-hailing drivers gathered Tuesday outside the statehouse in Boston’s Beacon Hill neighborhood to celebrate after the Massachusetts Department of Labor Relations certified the unionization efforts Friday.…
Uber & Lyft Drivers Create 1st US Ridesharing Union In Massachusetts - CleanTechnica
Uber and Lyft drivers in Massachusetts are tired of being taken advantage of, and are thus diverging from the long-term trend in the USA away from worker unions. Drivers for Uber and Lyft in The Baked Bean State have decided to combine forces for better pay and conditions by unionizing, ... [continued] The post Uber & Lyft Drivers Create 1st US Ridesharing Union In Massachusetts appeared first on CleanTechnica.
Bernie Sanders Hails Uber, Lyft 70,000 Driver Unionization, Labels It A 'Historic' Victory: Workers Deser
Massachusetts ride-share drivers formed the nation's first state-recognized union for app-based workers, prompting Sen. Bernie Sanders to urge Uber and Lyft to negotiate a fair labor contract.
Uber, Lyft drivers in Massachusetts form first US ride-share union
Ride-share drivers for app-based companies such as Uber and Lyft have unionized in Massachusetts, forming what state officials and labor leaders said was the first officially recognized organization in the U.S. to represent such gig workers.
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