The high-stakes battle over the status of hundreds of thousands of California drivers for gig companies such as Uber and Lyft has entered a new phase.
California Attorney General Rob Bonta is asking the National Labor Relations Board to authorize the drivers to form unions to negotiate wages and working conditions with companies that insist they are not the drivers’ employers. President Biden has nominated an outspoken critic of the companies’ practices to a key Labor Department position, with a contested Senate confirmation vote upcoming. Biden’s Justice Department has also asked the NLRB to support union rights for the drivers.
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