Uber and Lyft drivers in Massachusetts win first U.S. rideshare union |
Uber and Lyft drivers in Massachusetts win first U.S. rideshare union
The App Drivers Union will represent roughly 70,000 independent contractors and can now bargain for higher wages with Uber, Lyft, and others
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The App Drivers Union received state certification Monday to represent roughly 70,000 rideshare drivers in Massachusetts, marking the first recognized union for Uber $UBER and Lyft $LYFT drivers in the United States.
According to NBC News, no private-sector workforce has seen its union formally acknowledged on this scale since Ford $F employees became members of the United Auto Workers back in 1941. State labor officials determined that 32% of active drivers had backed the union — exceeding by seven percentage........