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4 Last fall, California voters approved a ballot measure exempting workers for companies like Uber and Lyft from a state law requiring drivers to be classified as employees — and thus guaranteeing them minimum pay and benefits. Now, advocates think Massachusetts is about to become the next battleground. “They’re going to try to do here what they did in California with Prop 22, which is buy themselves the law that they like,” attorney Shannon Liss-Riordan said during a press conference Tuesday organized by the labor-backed Coalition to Protect Workers’ Rights. Advertisement: The grou...

Surge pricing is back in Massachusetts. Download our mobile app for iOS or Android to get alerts for local breaking news and weather. It's something rideshare driver Stephen Levine is counting on to make some money. Levine took nine months off the road during the pandemic because he was afraid of being too close to strangers. And with most people at home anyway, there wasn't much to be made. "The money was awful," said Levine, who says he contracted COVID-19 from a passenger at the very beginning of the pandemic. "When there's no business, it's just not worth it." Surge pricing coming to an...