California Proposal to Let Uber Drivers, Other Sharing Economy Workers, Unionize

By Steven Greenhut at reason.com

March 11, 2016

California Assemblywoman Lorena Gonzalez’s latest high-profile legislative effort has been billed as a fairly modest measure to provide a “safety net” for workers in the growing sharing economy.

“All we’re trying to do is set up a legal framework by which, if there’s 10 independent contractors all working for the same employer, they could get together and organize and collectively bargain with that employer,” the San Diego Democrat told KFBK radio.

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