RIDESHARE DRIVERS SHARE TESTIMONY TO PROTECT THEIR FLEXIBILITY AND INDEPENDENCE

BOSTON, MA – October 10, 2023 – Today, rideshare drivers from across the Commonwealth testified in front of the Joint Committee on Labor and Workforce Development to ask for their freedom and flexibility to choose when, where, and for how long they work.  The Committee hearing covered dozens of pieces of...

OPPOSING QUESTIONS OVER GIG WORKER RIGHTS COULD BE ON THE BALLOT IN 2024

LUCIA MAFFEI, Boston Business Journal Two groups with a keen interest in the status and rights of ride-hailing drivers and other app-based workers are aiming to get two opposing measures on the state ballot in 2024. The new efforts come a year after Massachusetts’ top court blocked a question on...

WHAT TO KNOW ABOUT THE BATTLE OVER RIDE-SHARE DRIVERS STATUS IN MASSACHUSETTS

KINGA BORONDY, Telegram & Gazette The drivers are in agreement as to what they need and want in order to serve their communities as ride-share workers and delivery drivers: Good jobs that afford them the flexibility to set their own schedules and work when they have windows of opportunity. The...

RIDESHARE DRIVERS AGAIN BATTLE OVER THEIR POSITIONS, PUSH FOR BALLOT QUESTION

MATTHEW MEDSGER, Boston Herald For the second election cycle in a row some Massachusetts rideshare drivers are working to have the voters decide whether they can be legally classified as independent contractors or employees. Before Attorney General Andrea Joy Campbell sit no less than nine versions of an initiative petition...

ADVOCACY GROUPS DIFFER IN APPROACH TO APP-BASED WORK: DRIVERS AGREE FLEXIBILITY IS KEY

KINGA BORONDY, Telegram & Gazette Drivers differ on one question: whether or not a union is necessary to guarantee their jobs as app-based workers. A corporate-backed ballot initiative freezes out the union but offers some benefits. BOSTON – One of two groups championing the rights of ride-share and app-based drivers...

LABOR, INDUSTRY GEAR UP FOR DUELING MASSACHUSETTS GIG WORKER BALLOT MEASURES

NATE RAYMOND, Reuters BOSTON, Aug 2 (Reuters) – The fight over the status of Uber Technologies (UBER.N) and Lyft (LYFT.O) ride-share drivers entered a new phase on Wednesday, as an industry-backed group and a labor union proposed letting Massachusetts voters decide whether their workers in the state should be treated...

UPDATED: BATTLE OVER UBER AND LYFT DRIVERS COULD BE HEADED TO THE VOTERS, AGAIN

KATIE JOHNSTON AND SAMANTHA J. GROSS, The Boston Globe Competing ballot measures would put the question of whether gig drivers are truly employees up for a vote in November 2024 The long-running battle over the employment status of Uber and Lyft drivers in Massachusetts is ramping up again, with dueling...