BOSTON, MA – October 10, 2023 – Today, rideshare drivers from across the Commonwealth testified in front of the Joint Committee on Labor and Workforce Development to ask for their freedom and flexibility to choose when, where, and for how long they work. The Committee hearing covered dozens of pieces of...
UN ESTUDIO DE LA FISCAL DE DISTRITO ENCONTRÓ QUE EL SERVICIO DE VIAJES COMPARTIDOS SE CORRELACIONA CON LA DISMINUCIÓN DE GENTE QUE CONDUCE BAJO LOS EFECTOS DE ALCOHOL Y LOS ARRESTOS EN LAS CIUDADES DE MASSACHUSETTS
DUI arrests dropped in Boston, Worcester, and Northampton after broad introduction of Uber, Lyft BOSTON, MA – August 22, 2023 – The introduction of rideshare platforms in three major Massachusetts communities correlated with a decrease in DUI incidents or arrests, according to a new study conducted for the National District...
CONDUCTORES DE VIAJES COMPARTIDOS SE REÚNEN EN BOSTON: LO QUE DIJERON SOBRE UN IMPULSO RENOVADO PARA LA MEDIDA ELECTORAL DEL 2024
ALVIN BUYINZA, Mass Live Ahead of the 2024 election, Massachusetts app-based drivers are ramping up their efforts again to place a ballot question that would classify them as independent contractors with expanded benefits, instead of full-time employees. “I understand better than most what it means to be independent,” said Charles...
PREGUNTAS OPUESTAS SOBRE LOS DERECHOS DE LOS TRABAJADORES PODRÍAN ESTAR EN LA BOLETA ELECTORAL DEL 2024
LUCIA MAFFEI, Boston Business Journal Two groups with a keen interest in the status and rights of ride-hailing drivers and other app-based workers are aiming to get two opposing measures on the state ballot in 2024. The new efforts come a year after Massachusetts’ top court blocked a question on...
QUE SABER SOBRE LA BATALLA POR EL ESTATUS DE LOS CONDUCTORES DE VIAJES COMPARTIDOS EN MASSACHUSETTS
KINGA BORONDY, Telegram & Gazette The drivers are in agreement as to what they need and want in order to serve their communities as ride-share workers and delivery drivers: Good jobs that afford them the flexibility to set their own schedules and work when they have windows of opportunity. The...
CONDUCTORES DE VIAJES COMPARTIDOS NUEVAMENTE LUCHAN POR SUS POSICIONES Y PRESIONAN POR UNA PREGUNTA EN LA BOLETA ELECTORAL
MATTHEW MEDSGER, Boston Herald For the second election cycle in a row some Massachusetts rideshare drivers are working to have the voters decide whether they can be legally classified as independent contractors or employees. Before Attorney General Andrea Joy Campbell sit no less than nine versions of an initiative petition...
UN GRUPO RESPALDADO POR UBER Y LYFT LANZAN UN NUEVO ESFUERZO PARA CONVERTIR OFICIALMENTE A LOS CONDUCTORES EN ‘CONTRATISTAS’ EN LA BOLETA ELECTORAL DEL 2024
NICOLE GARCIA, GBH Rideshare and delivery drivers took over the Boston Common to unveil plans for a new question on next year’s ballot, which, if passed by voters in 2024, would classify drivers as independent contractors. “The ballot effort we are launching today, which closely mirrors what we proposed last...
GRUPOS DE DEFENSA DIFIEREN EN SUS ENFOQUES DEL TRABAJO BASADO EN APLICACIONES: LOS CONDUCTORES COINCIDEN QUE LA FLEXIBILIDAD ES CLAVE
KINGA BORONDY, Telegram & Gazette Drivers differ on one question: whether or not a union is necessary to guarantee their jobs as app-based workers. A corporate-backed ballot initiative freezes out the union but offers some benefits. BOSTON – One of two groups championing the rights of ride-share and app-based drivers...
LABOR, LA INDUSTRIA SE PREPARA PARA EL DUELO DE LAS MEDIDAS ELECTORALES DE LOS TRABAJADORES DE MASSACHUSETTS
NATE RAYMOND, Reuters BOSTON, Aug 2 (Reuters) – The fight over the status of Uber Technologies (UBER.N) and Lyft (LYFT.O) ride-share drivers entered a new phase on Wednesday, as an industry-backed group and a labor union proposed letting Massachusetts voters decide whether their workers in the state should be treated...
ACTUALIZADO: LA BATALLA POR LOS CONDUCTORES DE UBER Y LYFT PODRÍA DIRIGIRSE NUEVAMENTE A LOS VOTANTES
KATIE JOHNSTON AND SAMANTHA J. GROSS, The Boston Globe Competing ballot measures would put the question of whether gig drivers are truly employees up for a vote in November 2024 The long-running battle over the employment status of Uber and Lyft drivers in Massachusetts is ramping up again, with dueling...