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Gig Work With Benefits: California May Expand Employee Perks To Contract Workers

NPR

Who should qualify for minimum wage protections, sick leave or any of the other benefits typically given employees? California’s state Legislature is reopening that high-stakes, decades-long debate.


Rideshare Drivers, Union Form Alliance in Support of AB5

Los Angeles Sentinel

Over 100 Uber and Lyft drivers formed a caravan on August 25, embarking on a three day trip to Sacramento in support of AB5, a bill that would redefine independent contractor status in California.


California AB 5: Lyft and Uber drivers from across state rally in Sacramento for gig economy bill USA Today

USA Today

Hundreds of Lyft and Uber drivers from across California rallied in Sacramento on Wednesday in support of AB 5, a controversial bill that would require rideshare companies and other gig-based businesses to hire their independent contractors as employees.


California Uber and Lyft drivers rally for bill granting rights to contract workers

The Guardian

Dozens of drivers for Uber and Lyft attempted to shut down streets in San Francisco on Tuesday, demanding the right to form a union and calling on state governments to pass a new bill supporting gig worker rights.


Uber, Lyft Drivers Rally in SF For Employee Protections

NBC Bay Area

Dozens of Lyft and Uber drivers congregated in downtown San Francisco on Tuesday amid a three-day pilgrimage throughout California as they seek to become employees with basic protections.


Buttigieg invigorates caravan of rideshare drivers, joins protests at Uber’s SF HQ

KTVU Fox San Francisco

Democratic Presidential candidate and current mayor of South Bend, Indiana Pete Buttigieg joined rideshare drivers protesting outside Uber’s San Francisco headquarters on Tuesday.


Bay Area Uber, Lyft drivers rally on 500-mile ‘pilgrimage’ to Sacramento

ABC 7 San Francisco

Some Uber and Lyft drivers are on what they call a 500-mile “pilgrimage” to Sacramento in support of State Assembly Bill 5.


Uber and Lyft drivers demand better pay, push to unionize

YourCentralValley.com

A 500 mile Uber and Lyft pilgrimage is underway. The goal: to get Assembly Bill 5 passed and union rights for rideshare drivers.


Uber, Lyft drivers make symbolic stop in Delano during ride to Sacramento for worker protections

KGET 17 – Bakersfield

Hundreds of Uber and Lyft drivers en route to Sacramento from Los Angeles made a symbolic stop in Delano to meet with United Farm Workers members at the historic Our Lady of Guadalupe church.


Conductores de biajes compartidos comenzaron su peregrinación de tres días de Los ángeles a Sacramento

La Opinión

Hace poco más de cinco años Luis H. Rodríguez decidió dejar su empleo de taxista para incorporarse al lucrativo negocio de conducir su automóvil propio en viajes compartidos para la compañía Uber.


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