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The Union Deal That’s Undermining Gig Workers
['Brian Dolber', 'E. A. Halevi', 'Lauren Fadiman', 'Gabriel Hetland', 'Bhaskar Sunkara', 'Sophina Clark', 'Daniel Judt', 'Andrew Wolf', 'Jeremy Gong', 'Katie J. Wells']
Jacobin
In recent months, unions in the United States and Canada have been claiming victory in gig worker organizing.
This long-standing record has since been outdone again as the Service Employees International Union (SEIU)–affiliated California Gig Workers Union was named the “union of record” to represent potentially two hundred thousand app-based drivers in the state, establishing “the largest union of gig rideshare drivers in the world.”
Legislation allowing drivers collective bargaining rights has also passed in Illinois.
The App Drivers and Couriers Union in the United Kingdom organized similarly without the institutional support of Trades Union Council affiliates.
Legislation extending collective bargaining rights to gig workers has positioned SEIU locals to represent hundreds of thousands of gig workers.