The Seattle City Council recently passed a first-in-nation local ordinance that seeks to allow ridesharing and taxi drivers to unionize and collectively bargain. The city is trying to solve a problem created under federal law that doesn't permit companies to provide benefits and protections to independent contractor workers like private for-hire drivers.
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Source: TechCrunch