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Senate committee advances AB 1340 to let rideshare drivers organize and bargain collectively
Summary
The California Senate Committee on Labor, Public Employment and Retirement voted 4–1 to send AB 1340 to the Senate floor. The bill would create a framework for rideshare drivers to form driver organizations, seek certification, and negotiate terms with transportation network companies amid questions about compliance with Proposition 22.
The Senate Committee on Labor, Public Employment and Retirement voted 4–1 to return AB 1340 to the Senate floor after a hearing in which authors and dozens of drivers urged support and one senator raised concerns about the measure’s relationship to Proposition 22.
AB 1340, presented jointly by Assemblymember Wicks and Mr. Berman, would give rideshare drivers — described in the hearing as “transportation network company” or TNC drivers — a formal process to organize, seek certification and decertification of driver organizations, and negotiate terms and conditions of work with TNCs. The authors said recent floor amendments clarified procedures for certification, negotiation and enforcement and that the bill is intended to operate in compliance with Proposition 22.
Why it matters: Supporters said the bill would allow hundreds of thousands of drivers to address pay, safety, deactivation and…
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