{"id":431178,"date":"2026-08-12T23:28:07","date_gmt":"2026-08-12T23:28:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/431178\/"},"modified":"2026-08-12T23:28:07","modified_gmt":"2026-08-12T23:28:07","slug":"california-rideshare-drivers-form-a-union","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/431178\/","title":{"rendered":"California rideshare drivers form a union"},"content":{"rendered":"

California is home to more than 800,000 active rideshare drivers. State regulations<\/a> enacted last year required that 30% of active drivers pledge support for a union before one could form.<\/p>\n

In Los Angeles yesterday, drivers and organizers celebrated the formation of the largest gig driver union in the nation.<\/p>\n

California is home to more than 800,000 active rideshare drivers. State regulations<\/a> enacted last year required that 30% of active drivers pledge support for a union before one could form.<\/p>\n

Last week, the California Gig Workers Union<\/a> found out they met that requirement \u2014 meaning more than 200,000 workers signed on.<\/p>\n

Joseph Augusto, a San Francisco-based Uber driver of more than a decade, was one of those workers.<\/p>\n

“\u200aRideshare drivers are always on the move,” said Augusto. “We don’t have a boss. We have an app that we can point to.”<\/p>\n

Augusto\u2019s main hub is the San Francisco International Airport, one of the few places where rideshare drivers consistently congregate. He says his primary concern is improving pay for drivers.<\/p>\n

In a statement emailed to KALW, Head of Uber Public Policy and Communications Ramona Prieto said, \u201cWe look forward to our work ahead with the California Gig Workers Union and the state.\u201d<\/p>\n

A statement from Lyft echoed the same sentiment, stating, \u201cWe’re committed to engaging in good faith.\u201d<\/p>\n

The state will have 30 days to certify the union. Massachusetts and Illinois have also opened similar legal pathways for gig worker unions to form.<\/p>\n

In San Francisco, I\u2019m Ellie Prickett-Morgan, KALW News.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"California is home to more than 800,000 active rideshare drivers. State regulations enacted last year required that 30%…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":431179,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[30],"tags":[101,103,102,104,106,105],"class_list":["post-431178","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-san-francisco","tag-san-francisco","tag-san-francisco-headlines","tag-san-francisco-news","tag-sf","tag-sf-headlines","tag-sf-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/431178","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=431178"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/431178\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/431179"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=431178"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=431178"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=431178"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}