In a first-of-its-kind law, the Seattle City Council voted 8-0 to allow drivers for ride-hailing services like Uber and Lyft to bargain collectively. If the nonprofit could show that it had the support of a majority of drivers, then the city would have to designate it as a bargaining representative.
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The vote is certainly a victory for Seattle’s App-Based Drivers Association (ABDA) who worked side-by-side with the local Teamsters union for the legislation’s approval.
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“We believe the proposed ordinance threatens the privacy of drivers, imposes substantial costs on passengers and the city, and conflicts with longstanding federal law”, Lyft spokeswoman Chelsea Wilson said in a statement.
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Seattle Mayor Ed Murray (D) said that he would not sign the bill, instead opting to allow it to pass into law without his approval, because concerns he has with the legislation have not been resolved.
And so once more, the big, glaring problem is that no one knows for sure whether workers in this new platform-based economy should be considered employees or independent contractors.
The Seattle law does not rule on whether drivers are employees or contractors but extends to drivers rights usually reserved for employees. But the range of drivers is wide – while some drive as a side gig, others use Uber or Lyft as their main source of income. Additionally, drivers have not been covered under Seattle’s wage theft, sick leave, or new $15-per-hour minimum wage laws due to their disputed status. County Labor Council said in a letter posted on the city council’s website.
Saad Melouchi, who drives for Uber, says he’s thrilled with the decision.
Proponents of reform say that on-demand employees are working long hours without health care and adequate employee rights, but others say that the flexible schedule of freelancing is what attracted numerous on-demand workers to the jobs in the first place. He says he wants to bargain over issues such as safety and wages.
Uber has sued King County, the home of Seattle, and Seattle law firm Keller Rohrback in an attempt to block the county from releasing, under a public-records request by the firm, the number of licensed drivers the company has here.
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