Drivers also won protections against unfair deactivation without good cause.
OLYMPIA, Wash. — Drivers who work for Uber, Lyft and other transportation network companies won sick leave, a minimum pay rate and other benefits with the passage of HB 2076 in the Washington Legislature.
The bill mimics some existing protections for rideshare drivers in Seattle.
The legislation "secures the highest labor standards for Lyft and Uber drivers in the country," according to Teamsters Local 117, which represents Uber and Lyft drivers in Washington.
The proposal sets a minimum pay rate based on the size of the city trips originate in. For trips that begin in cities with a population of more than 600 thousand, drivers must be paid 59 cents per minute and $1.38 per passenger platform mile, or a minimum of $5.17 cents per trip.
For all other trips, drivers are guaranteed a minimum rate of 34 cents per minute and $1.17 per passenger platform mile, or a minimum of $3 per trip.
L&I will be required to increase guaranteed pay rates by the rate of increase in the state minimum wage.
Drivers who spoke with the union shared how the pay increase will provide more stability.
"Year after year, our pay has been reduced, requiring us to work longer and drive further to make ends meet,” said Walt Ellis, an Uber and Lyft driver from Bellingham. “I'm proud to be a part of a driver movement that has won first-in-the-nation protections, benefits, and pay raises statewide. This victory puts an end to...
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