Washington, D.C. — Today, Uber and Lyft announced that they will withdraw their opposition to a California bill that would give more than 800,000 drivers the right to collectively bargain, setting up a vote in the state Senate next week. In response, David Madland, a senior fellow at the Center for American Progress, issued the following statement:
California is moving forward with a historic bill to ensure Uber and Lyft drivers can form a union and bargain collectively, modeled on a groundbreaking Massachusetts law. Rideshare drivers in California are on track to gain power and a sorely needed path to improve their wages, benefits, and safety. The California rideshare bill would enable one of the biggest union-organizing drives in American history. This stands in stark contrast with President Donald Trump’s efforts to take away bargaining rights from more than 1 million federal workers—the largest single action of union-busting in American history.
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