In late May 2026, the App-Based Driver’s Union (ADU) became the first labor union certified to represent rideshare drivers in the nation. It reached that milestone using a streamlined organizing process under a new Massachusetts law, which allows a union to be certified without a vote and to represent drivers at a “sectoral” level.
This system is not just a quirk of Massachusetts’ labor-friendly politics: it’s part of a growing state-level response to the perceived shortcomings of the NLRA and National Labor Relations Board (NLRB). Unions and union-friendly lawmakers have long decried the limitations of the NLRA, and the Massachusetts law represents an increasingly common response. More and more, states are trying to create their own workarounds to supplement or supplant the NLRA. For example, states have enacted laws banning or severely restricting employer so-called “captive audience” meetings, and statutes related to unemployment benefits for...
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