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Massachusetts voters on Tuesday permitted a poll measure that offers ride-share drivers for app-based corporations like Uber and Lyft the greenlight to unionize.
The Massachusetts measure, referred to as “Question 3,” would enable ride-share drivers thought-about impartial contractors to collectively cut price over pay and advantages.
Underneath the Nationwide Labor Relations Act, drivers for Uber and Lyft – which incorporates round 70,000 in Massachusetts – don’t have the fitting to arrange.
An indication for ride-sharing corporations Uber and Lyft. (Smith Collections/Gado by way of Getty Photographs / Getty Photographs)
Underneath Query 3, drivers might type a union after accumulating from not less than 25% of energetic drivers in Massachusetts. The measure would enable corporations to type associations, permitting them to collectively negotiate with the union throughout state-supervised talks.
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FOX Enterprise reached out to each Uber and Lyft for a response.
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“With the passage of this ballot measure, we look forward to working collaboratively on its implementations and addressing some of the language concerns we have during the legislative session next year,” a spokesperson for Lyft informed FOX Enterprise.
Uber didn’t reply earlier than publication.
Uber headquarters in San Francisco. (David Paul Morris/Bloomberg by way of Getty Photographs / Getty Photographs)
Query 3 comes amid a years-long battle within the U.S. over whether or not ride-share drivers must be thought-about impartial contractors or staff entitled to advantages and wages.
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Supporters have mentioned the poll measure might present a mannequin for different states to let Uber and Lyft drivers unionize and encourage efforts to arrange them across the U.S.
Reuters contributed to this report.
