💬 Opinion 15h ago · Harold Meyerson

In Massachusetts Today, Uber and Lyft Drivers Went Union

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In Massachusetts Today, Uber and Lyft Drivers Went Union
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For years, both Uber and Lyft have insisted that their drivers are not their employees, but rather, independent contractors who therefore don’t qualify for minimum-wage and other such laws, and who cannot unionize under the terms of the National Labor Relations Act (NLRA).



Their hard-fought position—roughly speaking, if it quacks like a duck, that still doesn’t make it a duck—immunized them from the normal duties of an employer (providing benefits, adhering to minimum-wage laws, and the like)

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