California lawmakers reach an agreement with Uber and Lyft that will open the door for app-based drivers to form unions. This is a victory for organized labor that could lay the groundwork for similar efforts in other states.
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Screw Uber. They gave the orange buffoon a $million. Meanwhile, Lyft donated a $million to ACLU!
aug 29, 2025, 9:25 pm • 5 0 • view
Uber has been trying to replace drivers with a driverless vehicle service. Order an uber in a major city and see how many times your driver gets cancelled before they ask you to use their driverless service.
aug 30, 2025, 3:21 pm • 0 0 • view
💪👍
aug 29, 2025, 10:33 pm • 1 0 • view
Ride share drivers need protections against theft of their earnings from the ride share companies. This is excellent news. Now watch, MAGA and the Republican’s next words will be ‘but it will drive up the cost’.
aug 30, 2025, 10:39 am • 3 0 • view
Better late than never. Lyft and Uber won a huge victory when Prop 22 passed in 2020, meaning they could exploit drivers instead of a previous ruling making drivers all employees. Also why wasn't this door open in the first place??! #rideshare #labor
aug 30, 2025, 4:27 pm • 3 0 • view
👏👏👏UNION STRONG 💪
aug 29, 2025, 11:22 pm • 1 0 • view
aug 30, 2025, 7:33 pm • 1 0 • view
The fact that you need an industry's permissions to form unions is peak USA. Take that as you will.
aug 30, 2025, 11:35 am • 8 0 • view
These people are not employees of this company so this agreement is entirely a new thing. It goes against laws and of course what the companies want so they all had to negotiate to make it work. Contract employees don't legally have the right to form a union. Gig workers don't fit in that model.
aug 30, 2025, 3:20 pm • 2 0 • view
Let’s hope so UNION STRONG 💪
aug 29, 2025, 7:33 pm • 1 0 • view
Another win for California. New York is being left behind on a lot of middle class issues.
aug 30, 2025, 3:06 am • 1 0 • view
California is not putting up with union busting anymore. Now if we can just get a crack down on Zuckerberg and other monopoly anti-trust shirkers....
aug 29, 2025, 9:18 pm • 1 0 • view
Al Sharpton should be their Union president!
aug 30, 2025, 12:38 am • 2 0 • view
Unions mean better pay and benefits…
aug 29, 2025, 7:04 pm • 2 0 • view
OUTSTANDING. !!!! 👏🏿👏🏼👏🏾👏🏻👏🏽👏🏻👏🏾👏🏼👏🏿👍🏾💙💙💙✔️.#Union Strong 💪🏾
aug 30, 2025, 11:38 am • 1 0 • view
#JoinAUnion
aug 30, 2025, 5:11 am • 3 0 • view
👏🏾💪🏾
aug 29, 2025, 9:11 pm • 1 0 • view
The problem is Trump won't enforce labor rights
aug 30, 2025, 3:50 pm • 1 0 • view
Blue states at least
aug 30, 2025, 12:00 am • 1 0 • view
And their prices will now double
aug 30, 2025, 4:18 pm • 1 0 • view
youtu.be/k5TrDTJAtCo?...
aug 29, 2025, 10:11 pm • 2 0 • view
Disruptive industries. We used to have well insured, bonded companies that hired profession drivers with special licenses who were also bonded and had unions. They were called Taxi's.
aug 30, 2025, 6:57 am • 3 0 • view
In my city, the Taxi industry was so dysfunctional that it was almost impossible to get a cab on a Friday or Saturday night. It was a risk to go out if you were a woman. Uber changed that. It’s one industry that did it to itself in my mind.
aug 30, 2025, 12:47 pm • 1 0 • view
That was on your city elected leaders. Taxi companies were highly regulated and answerable to the local politicians or they could lose the PUC license.
aug 30, 2025, 3:52 pm • 1 0 • view
Yeah. They blew it. Everyone got greedy.
aug 30, 2025, 6:41 pm • 1 0 • view
This is stupid these jobs are called " gig jobs " for a reason !
aug 30, 2025, 6:36 pm • 1 0 • view
I would “like” this post for its content, but it’s from Politico, so I will not.
aug 29, 2025, 11:32 pm • 2 0 • view
Yay Cali
aug 29, 2025, 7:56 pm • 2 0 • view
👏👏
aug 29, 2025, 8:11 pm • 1 0 • view
The Republicans are going to lose their Minds.
aug 30, 2025, 5:06 pm • 1 0 • view
🥂🥂
aug 30, 2025, 3:49 pm • 0 0 • view
Good r, maybe these should have been in place since the beginning. How did this come about so many years later?
aug 30, 2025, 3:11 pm • 1 0 • view
In Union there is Strength.
aug 30, 2025, 5:00 am • 1 0 • view
Joe Hill is alive as you and me! youtu.be/_f2J4ceCikI?...
aug 29, 2025, 8:14 pm • 1 0 • view
So….taxis….?
aug 30, 2025, 5:03 pm • 0 0 • view
Yeah, just in time for crazy, driver-less vehicles 🙄
aug 30, 2025, 7:52 pm • 0 0 • view
Duber - the driver is a naked male. Driver selected by client. Yes I will wait 45 min for a 10 min ride 😈
aug 30, 2025, 12:35 pm • 0 0 • view
YEEEEEESSSSSSS
aug 30, 2025, 8:39 am • 2 0 • view
The facts are drivers unionizing will only force those businesses to leave the state. I swear by Unions, any action that isn’t nationwide is just a bandaid.
aug 30, 2025, 6:27 pm • 0 0 • view
That makes sense. What people tend to forget is that collective agreements also protect the employers. There are clear parameters marking duties and responsibilities in accordance with local employment laws and standards, for all parties involved. Unions are not bad.
aug 30, 2025, 4:52 pm • 0 0 • view
What about cab drivers, are they included?
aug 30, 2025, 8:57 am • 1 1 • view
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aug 29, 2025, 9:56 pm • 1 0 • view
Why does this not matter? Because pedoandchief gutted the NLRB so good luck 👍
aug 29, 2025, 6:49 pm • 1 0 • view
Go unions!!!
aug 29, 2025, 5:59 pm • 12 0 • view
Happy Labor Day!
aug 30, 2025, 1:15 am • 1 0 • view
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aug 29, 2025, 8:46 pm • 7 0 • view
Down here in Australia we had similar problems with those platforms so legislation enacted to ensure workers got full entitlements.
aug 29, 2025, 8:38 pm • 1 0 • view
These drivers played themselves. Self driving is going to wreck them.
aug 29, 2025, 8:21 pm • 1 0 • view
If this was reached with the cooperstion of Uber and Lyft it is NOT a victory for workers. Its Uner and Lyft coopting the union from the beginning.
aug 29, 2025, 11:19 pm • 1 0 • view
👍🫡 (& as always, CA leads the way)
aug 30, 2025, 1:14 pm • 0 0 • view
📌
aug 30, 2025, 11:47 pm • 0 0 • view
Yay…5 mile drive in uber now $350
aug 30, 2025, 3:29 am • 5 0 • view
Politico took Biden White House cash to shape coverage. Zero Credibility
aug 30, 2025, 10:26 am • 1 0 • view
In these times in America we do need to band together start with California is doing in your own community help support each other in whatever way you can
aug 30, 2025, 4:51 am • 1 0 • view
Congrats on killing Uber & Lyft in one fell swoop!
aug 30, 2025, 9:15 pm • 0 0 • view
and just like that, taxis where born
aug 30, 2025, 8:59 am • 3 0 • view
Yeah, they are all gonna love getting a medallion.
aug 30, 2025, 12:14 pm • 1 0 • view
Great news. Now, let’s stop paying the dispatchers for the work the drivers are doing!
aug 30, 2025, 5:24 am • 1 0 • view
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aug 30, 2025, 1:50 am • 0 0 • view
Why did they need to make a deal.? If Uber drivers are not employees, then they are engaging in the largest coordinated price-fixing scheme in the history of the country. Uber should have been given two choices, unionization, or getting shut down due to antitrust.
aug 29, 2025, 7:09 pm • 9 0 • view
Uber drivers are not engaging in anything except self advocacy. They are hopelessly exploited by Uber.
aug 30, 2025, 5:19 pm • 4 0 • view
My point was that if Uber drivers are not employees, then all Uber executives should be in prison for antitrust. Maybe they should be in prison anyway
aug 31, 2025, 12:08 am • 0 0 • view
I am one of their "independent contractors." They break the law and steal wages thousands of times a day just in my state. I support your put-in-them-in-prison resolution.
aug 31, 2025, 12:11 am • 1 0 • view
aug 30, 2025, 12:55 am • 20 5 • view
A good move!
aug 29, 2025, 6:55 pm • 1 0 • view
✊🏼 hell yeah
aug 30, 2025, 11:46 am • 2 0 • view
We need this in trans friendly states as well
aug 30, 2025, 2:39 pm • 0 0 • view
I'd be afraid of losing all the flexibility of schedule and working for multiple companies at the same time would go away. You become their employee. Be careful what you wish for.
aug 29, 2025, 9:05 pm • 2 0 • view
Union! Union! Power to the workers!
aug 29, 2025, 8:57 pm • 1 0 • view
👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾
aug 29, 2025, 11:32 pm • 1 0 • view
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aug 30, 2025, 4:22 pm • 0 0 • view
Happy Labor Day!
aug 30, 2025, 1:57 pm • 0 0 • view
California leads the way once again! Love my adopted State. Always live in the Blue!
aug 29, 2025, 8:09 pm • 1 0 • view
The fact that management have a say in people forming a union is already a failure of labor organization.
aug 30, 2025, 1:41 am • 15 2 • view
As a unionized truck driver I've always been concerned about the safety aspect of these gig jobs. We have to adhere to a strict quota of driving and down time, and do daily safety checks on any vehicle we're assigned to. I really can't imagine that Uber or Lyft does anything similar.
aug 30, 2025, 5:10 pm • 2 0 • view
Besides contractual boilerplate that absolves them of any responsibility in these areas.
aug 30, 2025, 5:10 pm • 0 0 • view
Gig worker may win at the expense of the public. This insurance win is massive for Uber & Lyft. "Cabaldon’s plan.. slash the min insurance req. to $60k per person and $300k per incident." Public will lose, workers still have to fight.
aug 29, 2025, 10:44 pm • 1 0 • view
I love unions. But leave the gig economy alone. It’s perfect for what it’s supposed to be. A part time source of income with the freedom to make your own schedule. I worked those jobs for 15 years. Made a lot of money. Leave the gig economy alone. They were never meant to be full time, full salary
aug 29, 2025, 6:57 pm • 2 0 • view
every worker can benefit from a union even if it's not full time, full salary. nothing wrong with a union to protect gig economy workers.
aug 29, 2025, 7:55 pm • 1 0 • view
aug 29, 2025, 10:15 pm • 1 1 • view
The more unions the better!
aug 30, 2025, 8:34 pm • 1 0 • view
It could also destroy the gig ride industry. Are you going to force gig drivers in the US into this union b/c if not, they'll be competing with drivers with lower prices because they are not in the union. Will customers have to choose a union or non-union driver? Not every job needs a union.
aug 30, 2025, 2:59 pm • 2 0 • view
Life is better in a union!
aug 30, 2025, 12:59 pm • 4 0 • view
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aug 30, 2025, 4:01 am • 1 0 • view
aug 29, 2025, 11:33 pm • 1 0 • view
Cringe 😬😂
aug 30, 2025, 2:26 pm • 0 0 • view
Can my non union subcontractors in California, (electricians, plumbers) who work for other non union subs, (electrician, plumbers) now cost me the value of their new "labor contracts"?
aug 30, 2025, 5:46 am • 1 0 • view
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aug 30, 2025, 7:24 pm • 0 0 • view
Who fucking cares. The ride-share companies listed here destroyed my profession as a cab driver. I hope both companies go belly up and all their investors end up penniless.
aug 30, 2025, 4:25 am • 1 0 • view
Be careful what you wish for. Working for a union was the worst experience of my professional driving career.
aug 30, 2025, 9:36 am • 3 0 • view
Uber rides will cost twice as much if this happens. Uber was mentioned to be a part time job. If you want a full time job become a taxi driver.
aug 29, 2025, 11:56 pm • 1 0 • view
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aug 30, 2025, 7:57 am • 1 0 • view
Sweet
aug 30, 2025, 11:31 am • 1 0 • view
Uber and Lyft, at best…at the very best, will eventually end up serving an extremely limited market before completely disappearing.
aug 30, 2025, 6:45 pm • 1 0 • view
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aug 30, 2025, 11:54 am • 2 0 • view
Yes
aug 29, 2025, 6:48 pm • 2 0 • view
👍
aug 29, 2025, 9:59 pm • 1 0 • view
I had to look this up at other resources cause I know longer consider politico a legitimate place to get news
aug 30, 2025, 4:19 pm • 2 0 • view
Great news!
aug 30, 2025, 2:49 pm • 0 0 • view
Anybody else here hear that an appellate court today found the NLRB to be unconstitutional? After that, when this sucker gets up to the Supreme Court, you can kiss unions goodbye.
aug 30, 2025, 5:28 am • 1 0 • view
Good! I hope that union will also help to provide them benefits like affordable healthcare.
aug 29, 2025, 5:59 pm • 27 0 • view
Boom 💥
aug 30, 2025, 6:10 pm • 0 0 • view
But the NRLB is dead.
aug 30, 2025, 10:12 pm • 0 0 • view
A real victory for all who want to pay 30% more for a ride downtown.
aug 30, 2025, 1:11 pm • 1 0 • view
Just keep out the criminal element that sucks out all the benefits and trust…
aug 29, 2025, 11:48 pm • 1 0 • view
How are they doing on Portable Benefit Packages?
aug 29, 2025, 7:58 pm • 2 0 • view
California LEADS!!!!!
aug 29, 2025, 7:01 pm • 7 0 • view
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aug 30, 2025, 3:13 pm • 1 0 • view
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aug 30, 2025, 5:35 pm • 1 0 • view
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aug 30, 2025, 1:56 am • 1 0 • view
Finally! Great work organizers and drivers!
aug 30, 2025, 12:12 am • 1 0 • view
Entry into Uber driver Dom is pretty easy. How will the union drivers have any power for better pay conditions? Strikes don't seem likely to work. Feels like another seiu Grift where the union benefits and the drivers get fucked over
aug 29, 2025, 8:27 pm • 4 0 • view
These are contract workers not employees so they don't even have a legal right to form a union. These are gig workers who mostly drive part time to subsidize their income, one weekend of drivers skipping driving on Friday and Saturday night is a strike and a good one.
aug 30, 2025, 3:22 pm • 0 0 • view
But there is a huge oversupply of Uber drivers active, inactive and potential. How would they be enticed to join the union much less strike? No matter what California does, they can't trump Sherman. A strike could trigger a cartel, restraint of trade federal action. It is going to be interesting
aug 30, 2025, 6:43 pm • 0 0 • view
A oversupply will eventually fix itself - in basic econ. I didn't know there was an oversupply but that makes a union even more difficult to exist in this environment. I'm not sure you can convince a gig worker to pay union dues. I didn't say they would strike, just that they can without a union.
aug 30, 2025, 6:47 pm • 0 0 • view
I don't know how big the oversupply is. My understanding is tha a lot of people sign up for Uber, decide they don't like it and stop driving. If they heard of a strike, they might see it as an opportunity to earn a few bucks at surge pricing. Speculation on my part
aug 30, 2025, 7:02 pm • 1 0 • view
Any individual can withhold their labor at any time for any or no reason (absent a contract etc) But if you and I agree to withhold our labor, even if not asking for anything it is a "conspiracy in restraint of trade" under Sherman antitrust act. NLRA carved out an exception for many employees
aug 30, 2025, 6:58 pm • 1 0 • view
Thank you for that addition. I should know it from college but that was 30 years ago and I'm getting old. 😆 These gig workers can choose what time and for how long they work. All the Marvel fans could decide to take Friday night off to watch the movie at the same time. That's not illegal.
aug 30, 2025, 7:19 pm • 0 0 • view
I've been a gig worker since 1985 (independent sales rep & laziness trainer) I've had to jump through hoops to maintain non-employee status. Seems like this creates a sort of "not employee" / "not independent" status. How will the irs treat them for taxes?
aug 30, 2025, 4:53 pm • 1 0 • view
I get why. I've done gig work that paid very well but when I need health insurance, I need a regular job. The marketplace helps though. They don't need permission to form a union but they wouldn't have any legal protections w/o this. I'm not sure why the IRS would change what's being done now.
aug 30, 2025, 5:06 pm • 0 0 • view
There is a 5-10 page irs regulation that defines who is an "employee" and who is an "independent contractor" this is pretty strictly enforced. Which they think you are can have a huge effect on your income taxes, what you can claim and how you pay them.
aug 30, 2025, 6:49 pm • 0 0 • view
So can Ford and Toyota now organize into a union to set car production levels and prices?
aug 29, 2025, 8:23 pm • 3 0 • view
Huge!
aug 30, 2025, 10:40 pm • 0 0 • view
Hallelujah!!
aug 30, 2025, 3:33 am • 1 0 • view
That’s crazy
aug 29, 2025, 9:38 pm • 1 0 • view
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aug 30, 2025, 10:37 pm • 0 0 • view
Awesome New UNIONS RETURNED FOR GREAT JOBS!
aug 30, 2025, 6:35 pm • 0 0 • view
Now watch Big Union headquarters buildings get built, parties thrown at workers expense and quality of service decrease. Yay!! 🎊
aug 30, 2025, 2:36 pm • 1 0 • view
...the lesson here is business people are so f*cking greedy they are unable to act in the common good or with basic ethics without some form of remuneration. Fuck Newspms "approval" for a union and f*ck @Uber and @asklyft.bsky.social
aug 29, 2025, 11:25 pm • 1 0 • view
Yessss!
aug 30, 2025, 12:41 pm • 1 0 • view
Pretty sure this just means that they think driverless taxis will be able to take over soon in Cali.
aug 30, 2025, 4:35 pm • 1 0 • view
In theory won't unionized drivers be pretty similar to cabbies? Going full circle? Until self driving cars take over at least.
aug 30, 2025, 1:40 pm • 1 0 • view
Why does anyone need to 'negotiate with employers to create a union'? Fuck that capitalist bullshit.
aug 29, 2025, 10:18 pm • 15 1 • view
Because they are independent contract workers and don't have any union protections that employees of a company have. Yes, of course they did that on purpose. The two companies could have just fired everyone and those workers have no protection. This agreement will help all contract workers.
aug 30, 2025, 3:10 pm • 3 0 • view
Youre conflating union protections w legal ones Contractors have no legal protections from being fired w/o cause Employees do - in CA, but not in Right To Work states What the guy before u rightly felt is that in theory workers shldnt need their employer's permission/negotiation to organize
sep 1, 2025, 3:52 am • 0 0 • view
Some employers are so powerful that they indeed could survive firing a bunch of workers (or are willing to risk it) Contractor workers in CA for Uber & Lyft are justified to fear this So theyd need govt protections against corporate abuses of power over workers trying to form collective power.
sep 1, 2025, 3:52 am • 0 0 • view
Right, so that's what this is. They don't have any union protections and aren't legally allowed to form a union so they needed to work out some agreement. Yes, they could fire them all which is so rare, I can't remember the last time anyone did it other than like a chain store trying to unionize.
sep 1, 2025, 2:07 pm • 0 0 • view
Idk that they "arent legally allowed to form a union" is the best phrasing. Anyone can unionize. But the NLRB wont work to protect them forming a union - esp not in this admin, since it gutted the NLRB I think i heard Amazon has closed down entire hubs in Canada who wanted to unionize.
sep 1, 2025, 2:14 pm • 1 0 • view
Anyone can strike, anyone can form a union (this has a legal def) but as contract workers this is not the same thing and they do not have many of the NLRA protections like if you go on strike, you have no protection and the employer can legally fire everyone on strike. They're not the same.
sep 1, 2025, 2:39 pm • 1 0 • view
Ok.
aug 31, 2025, 3:26 am • 0 0 • view
I agree
aug 30, 2025, 3:13 pm • 3 0 • view
At last some good news this week.
aug 30, 2025, 7:39 am • 1 0 • view
ride share drivers ARE 20 hour a WEEK or less workers according to their contract. hire a cab driver , no banking details kept on unsecured servers , commercial insurance , knowledgeable LOCAL drivers who are spending money in YOUR community.
aug 30, 2025, 5:16 pm • 2 0 • view
Well that another good strategy cause those Uber are charging too cost
aug 29, 2025, 8:53 pm • 1 0 • view
Uber and Lyft are way too expensive now.
aug 30, 2025, 12:50 am • 1 0 • view
This happened too late in the game and it will only speed up the switch to self-driving transportation.
aug 29, 2025, 5:47 pm • 12 0 • view
How much do these people think people will pay for an Uber ride? If you add on another 20%, people start choosing cabs more often.
aug 30, 2025, 3:05 pm • 1 0 • view
exactly. no one is happier about this than waymo.
aug 29, 2025, 8:00 pm • 5 0 • view
Hopefully this is when customers refuse to use their services when it’s all automated. A new company will pop up with actual drivers ..
aug 29, 2025, 7:55 pm • 1 0 • view
Most of us only care about the price of the service. I'm not paying double so someone can avoid getting a full time job.
aug 29, 2025, 8:22 pm • 0 0 • view
Hello can someone inbox me
aug 30, 2025, 4:55 pm • 0 0 • view
This is a huge win for labor unions and their members.
aug 30, 2025, 2:05 am • 2 0 • view
That’s good
aug 30, 2025, 1:32 am • 1 0 • view
Finally something to slow the race to the bottom.
aug 30, 2025, 4:56 pm • 0 0 • view
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aug 30, 2025, 12:50 pm • 1 0 • view
a small step in the right direction. let's see what happens
aug 29, 2025, 6:47 pm • 7 0 • view
Good, they need it
aug 29, 2025, 8:19 pm • 1 0 • view
And, the Regime Dear Leader ordered all Federal Departments and Agencies to end their collective bargaining contracts. Trump wants to make US third world economy, one with a leader who doesn’t understand economics. If you don’t earn money can’t buy anything. Stupid, stupid, stupid
aug 30, 2025, 3:43 am • 1 0 • view
aug 29, 2025, 6:12 pm • 60 0 • view
Here is a thought, promote viable and responsible Black owned businesses the same way we do White ones. She is giving Tesla a run for the money and the driverless vehicles are safer. Why? Because they relied on data when Tesla didn't. www.vanityfair.com/culture/stor...
aug 30, 2025, 3:31 am • 1 0 • view
Why?
aug 30, 2025, 2:12 pm • 0 0 • view
Isn’t this happening too little too late? Amods are set to take over the industry.
aug 30, 2025, 6:13 pm • 0 0 • view
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aug 29, 2025, 8:20 pm • 1 0 • view
It’s about time. I’ve had great service but they get hit from every direction while the companies are Wall Street darlings.
aug 30, 2025, 10:58 am • 3 0 • view