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Summer plans at risk. the action will bring the total number of strike days on the railways to ten, disrupting plans injune, july and august. like any public service, we have to change the times and it is only by making necessary reforms that we can give our people a pay rise. and i was not the time for further strikes so we urge the aslef leadership to resume talks to reach a deal that is fair to staff and taxpayers and which secures a better and more affordable railway, so a strongly worded st...

Uber and Lyft have legally cemented the independent contractor status of ride-hail drivers. Now other states are on the horizon.

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That’s a wrap. Washington’s sprint-like, 60-day legislative session has adjourned after majority Democrats approved a hefty supplemental budget along with the first major transportation funding package since 2015. Now lawmakers will be free to hit the campaign trail and start raising money for the 2022 elections. All 98 House seats and about half of the state’s 49 state senate positions are up for election this year.

Washington’s sprint-like, 60-day legislative session has adjourned after majority Democrats approved a hefty supplemental budget along with the first major transportation funding package since 2015.

Uber’s lobbyists, after clinching an agreement with UFCW Canada to launch a charm offensive at the Ontario provincial government for employee-like benefits on behalf of an estimated 100,00 drivers, weren’t done hobnobbing with unions. Next up, the Teamsters in Washington state are working on a deal with Uber and Lyft.

Drivers for ride-hail companies don’t always get the best treatment. When Jennifer Heinlein, an Uber driver, was driving a passenger home from the airport one night, her car was smashed when a drunk driver caused a multiple car pileup on the St. John’s Bridge that launched her into oncoming traffic. If she’d not had a passenger in her car, Uber’s insurance wouldn’t have covered the crash. Even still, she had to pay a deductible and had to go without a paycheck while she waited to get a...

House Bill 2076 might give ridehail drivers outside Seattle a pay raise and some benefits, but other labor groups say the cost of the deal runs too high.

It gives drivers access to benefits while still classifying them as gig workers..