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Massachusetts voters on Tuesday accredited a poll measure that offers ride-share drivers for app-based firms like Uber and Lyft the greenlight to unionize.
The Massachusetts measure, often known as “Query 3,” would permit ride-share drivers thought of unbiased 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 correct to arrange.
An indication for ride-sharing firms Uber and Lyft. (Smith Collections/Gado by way of Getty Pictures / Getty Pictures)
Underneath Query 3, drivers might type a union after amassing from at the least 25% of energetic drivers in Massachusetts. The measure would permit firms 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.
| Ticker | Safety | Final | Change | Change % |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| LYFT | LYFT INC. | 14.40 | +0.60 | +4.35% |
| UBER | UBER TECHNOLOGIES INC. | 74.36 | +0.21 | +0.28% |
“With the passage of this poll measure, we stay up for working collaboratively on its implementations and addressing among the language issues we now have through the legislative session subsequent 12 months,” a spokesperson for Lyft instructed FOX Enterprise.
Uber didn’t reply earlier than publication.
Uber headquarters in San Francisco. (David Paul Morris/Bloomberg by way of Getty Pictures / Getty Pictures)
Query 3 comes amid a years-long battle within the U.S. over whether or not ride-share drivers needs to be thought of unbiased contractors or workers 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.
