Newsom signs bill giving 800,000 Uber and Lyft drivers in California the right to unioniseSupporters said the new law will open a path for the largest expansion of private sector collective bargaining rights in the state's histor...
04 Oct, 2025, 06.12 AM IST
California’s AB5 Law under fire, nail techs sue state over worker classification – what the law states?California faces a lawsuit over its labor law AB5. The law impacts nail technicians' classification as independent contractors. Nail salon ...
28 Jun, 2025, 11.08 PM IST
Donald Trump or Kamala Harris: 30 million American gig workers have a big dilemmaThe future of millions of gig workers in the U.S. could be influenced by the upcoming presidential election, with candidates Trump and Harr...
19 Sep, 2024, 01.10 PM IST
Uber and Lyft agree to give Massachusetts drivers minimum payUber and Lyft settled a legal dispute in Massachusetts, ensuring benefits for gig workers and maintaining driver classification as independ...
28 Jun, 2024, 02.55 PM IST
Uber, Lyft drivers drop price-fixing lawsuit in CaliforniaThe drivers in a filing on Wednesday said they had dismissed their case, which hit a major setback last year when a San Francisco Superior ...
15 Mar, 2024, 09.36 PM IST
California court upholds Uber, Lyft drivers being contractorsThe ruling came as a victory for ride-share firms and food-delivery app platforms that backed a measure called Proposition 22 ahead of its ...
14 Mar, 2023, 03.52 PM IST
Terminals at California's third-busiest port resume regular hours on MondayThe restart of cargo shipments at California's third-busiest port and busiest agricultural export hub created another snarl - traffic jams ...
26 Jul, 2022, 09.32 AM IST
Trucker protest shuts down operations at California portThe protest that began Monday involves hundreds of independent big-rig truckers that have blocked the movement of cargo in and out of termi...
21 Jul, 2022, 09.51 AM IST
Uber’s California ballot win on driver pay voided by judgeUber vowed to appeal and said it expects to win. “This ruling ignores the will of the overwhelming majority of California voters and defies...
21 Aug, 2021, 11.17 PM IST
Uber, Lyft have a California playbook to fight proposed U.S. rules on workersThe looming fight over the status of gig-economy workers comes amid a wider debate over business regulation.
04 May, 2021, 11.08 AM IST
View: Gig workers are employees. Start treating them that wayIn the wake of a California ballot proposition passed in November and a rule just released by the Trump administration, it appears that the...
19 Jan, 2021, 10.08 AM IST
Uber, Lyft shares jump as California set to pass gig-worker ballot measureAccording to state figures, 58% supported the measure, with nearly 95% of precincts at least partially reporting. The results are incomplet...
04 Nov, 2020, 07.27 PM IST
Uber, Lyft spend big, win in California vote about driversThe titans of the so-called gig economy bankrolled the most expensive ballot measure in state history, which was decided Tuesday with 58% o...
04 Nov, 2020, 06.14 PM IST
Uber calls for a new deal for gig workersUber has backed a referendum in the state to overturn the law, while pledging to provide benefits for a social safety net that would keep g...
11 Aug, 2020, 08.15 AM IST
California sues Uber, Lyft over misclassifying drivers as contractorsUber in a statement said it will contest the action in court, while pushing for the implementation of its own proposal for additional drive...
06 May, 2020, 11.53 AM IST
Uber rejects labeling drivers as employees under California lawThe idea that drivers are not core to Uber’s business is one that elicits indignation from critics, but the company has long relied on a ve...
12 Sep, 2019, 09.43 AM IST
The next startups on the target list of the lawyer who wants to bring down UberBesides leading the case against Uber and these new three, Riordan is pursuing clients' claims against Lyft, Instacart, Postmates, Shyp.
24 Sep, 2015, 03.51 PM IST