Yes for Mass Drivers
Flexibility and Benefits for Massachusetts is a ballot question committee registered with the state of Massachusetts to provide educational opportunities for drivers and voters to learn more about the 2022 ballot question.
Shepard Collins, The Eagle-Tribune Angry, helpless, disappointed, and frustrated are a few of the words that come to mind right now when thinking of the court’s decision to block the upcoming rideshare and delivery ballot initiative in Massachusetts. I have a full-time job and drive with Lyft for extra income....
Vennetia Prevost, CommonWealth Beacon I GOT MY KIDS off to school the other day. I made some deliveries with DoorDash. I ran some errands, made some more deliveries, went home for a bit, picked my kids up from school, fed them dinner, then made some more deliveries. It was a pretty...
MassLive The Greater Holyoke Chamber of Commerce recently endorsed the Flexibility & Benefits for Massachusetts Drivers ballot question. Drivers who work with app-based companies like DoorDash, Instacart, Lyft, and Uber are seeking to remain classified as independent contractors. “The greater Holyoke community has a dynamic business sector that relies on rideshare and...
Katie Johnston, Boston Globe As labor advocates fight for rights for gig economy drivers, they appear to be lacking support from a key constituency: the drivers themselves — at least according to surveys conducted by the companies they work for. The drivers’ employment status is the focus of a contentious ballot...
Bryan McGonigle, Wicked Local Shepard Collins of Haverhill has been driving part-time for Lyft for four years, and with a full-time job and two kids, he said he doesn’t want to give up the flexibility independent contract work offers. “If I wake up at 4 a.m. and I can’t get...
John McPhee, The Lowell Sun I am a parent first and a driver, second. I have four children with different school schedules which means I became a “driver” well before joining Lyft.
Lucia Maffei, Boston Business Journal A new report from Tufts University is urging lawmakers to take action on the classification of gig drivers before the November election, calling a ballot question that will go before voters “unusual.” Researchers at the Center for State Policy Analysis within the Jonathan M. Tisch...
Alexander MacDougall, Worcester Business Journal In the latest round of the fight between Silicon Valley and Massachusetts regulators over whether workers for companies like Uber and Lyft should be considered full-time employees, the businesses are pushing a UCLA study showing gig workers have had an economic impact of $899 million...
Christian M. Wade, The Eagle Tribune Massachusetts voters go to the polls in November to decide whether Uber and Lyft drivers should be classified as independent contractors, but a new report suggests that might not be the final word on the issue. The report, released Wednesday by Tufts University’s Center...
Katie Johnston, Boston Globe If Uber and other gig-economy companies are forced to make Massachusetts drivers employees, and they then require drivers to work at least 20 hours a week on average, between 49,000 and 74,000 job opportunities across four major ride-hailing and food-delivery platforms could be lost, a drop...
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