Thanks to a bill signed by Governor Gavin News on Friday, drivers will soon have the right to assemble as a unique contractor in California for ride-helling applications like Uber and Lift.
This is part of the greater contract between legislator, union and riding-hilling companies, which allows their drivers to support the union of the union as well as the separate bills supporting low insurance requirements for Uber and Lift. When the agreement was first announced in August, the News described it as “Historic Tihasik Agreement between workers and businesses that could only provide California.”
Associated Press Report That more than 800,000 drivers will gain the right to join a union and collectively bid for good pay and benefits. Ramona Prito, the chief of Uber’s public policy for California, said in a statement that two bills “represent a compromise that reduces the cost for riders while making strong voices for drivers.”
Massachusetts voters have passed a ballot measure Ride-helling drivers are given the right to union in the last autumn.