More than 800,000 drivers for riding-haling companies California Soon a union and will be able to join the bargaining and under a measure signed by the village on Friday under a measure for better wages and benefits. Gavin newsom,
Supporters said that the new law will open a way for the biggest expansion of the collective bargain rights of the private sector in the history of the state. Law is an important agreement between labor unions and technical companies in years of fighting.
California is the second state where Uber And Lift Drivers can condensed as independent contractors. Voters of Massachusetts passed a ballot referendum in November, allowing unionization, while drivers in Illinois and Minnesota are emphasizing for equal rights.
Newsom announced the signature at an unrelated news conference at the University of California, Berkeley. The new law will “say a saying about dignity and their future” to drivers, he said.
The new law is part of an agreement signed in September between Newsom, State MPs and Service Employees International Union in September, as well as with rideshare companies Uber and Lift. In turn, Newsom is expected to sign a measure supported by Uber and Lyft, which can significantly cut the insurance requirements of companies for accidents caused by inferior drivers.
Lyft CEO David Rishhar said in September that the company is expected to save $ 200 million in new insurance rates and it can help reduce the fare.
Companies stated that Uber in California and lift rent are more consecutive than other parts of America due to insurance requirements. Uber has said that about one-third of every ride in the state leads to payment for state-welfare insurance.
Labor association And tech companies have fought over the rights of drivers for years. In July last year, the California Supreme Court ruled that app-based ride-hyling and delivery services like Uber and Lyft could continue to treat their drivers as independent contractors are not entitled to benefits like overtime pay, paid sick leave and unemployment insurance. A 2019 law stated that Uber and Lyft provide benefits to drivers, but voters reversed it on the ballot in 2020.
The measure of collective bargaining now allows rideshare workers to join a union in California, while still being classified as independent contractors and needs gig companies to negotiate in good belief. The new law does not apply to drivers for delivery apps like Doordash.
Insurance measures will reduce the requirement of coverage for accidents due to unaffected or inferior drivers.
Two measures “represent an agreement simultaneously that reduces costs for riders, creating a strong voice for drivers – how the industry, labor, and legalists can work together to give real solutions,” Ramona Preto, the head of public policy in Uber said in a statement.
Los Angeles, a law -based advocacy group Rideshare drivers, said the collective bargaining law is not strong enough to give appropriate contracts to workers. The group needed companies to report their data on salary to the state.
The group said that the salary of the drivers of New York City increased after the city needs to tell companies to tell companies how much an average driver earns.
Nicole Moore, president of Rideshare Drivers United, said, “Drivers really require state support that is not only a wage proposal that is actually going to help the drivers, but that has progressed the salary of drivers over the years.”
Other drivers said that law would provide more job safety and benefits.
Many who supported the unionalization said that they had faced issues that include an explanation or fair appeal procedure to be “passive” from his app without a passenger complaint.
Ana Bairgan, a gig driver at Los Angeles, said in a statement, “Drivers have no way to fight back against gig companies to take passenger fare, or to challenge inappropriate passiveness, which spend us the expenses of our livelihood.” “We have worked for a long time, faced humiliation, and there was no voice, just silence at the other end of the app. But now, with the right to organize a strong, democratic association, I hope.”