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Kaiser’s planned 5-day strike ends
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Kaiser’s planned 5-day strike ends

  • By Thomas Hughes Bay City News

Registered nurses and other unionized health care workers at over 500 Kaiser Permanente hospitals and clinics in California, Oregon and Hawaii…

Newsom signs bill giving 800,000 Uber and Lyft drivers in California the right to unionize
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Newsom signs bill giving 800,000 Uber and Lyft drivers in California the right to unionize

  • By TRÂN NGUYỄN Associated Press

California Gov. Gavin Newsom has signed a bill allowing 800,000 Uber and Lyft drivers in the state to join a union and bargain collectively for better wages and benefits. The legislation is a significant compromise in the yearslong battle between labor unions and tech companies over drivers' rights. California is the second state to give ride-hailing drivers the right to unionize. In exchange, Newsom also agreed to sign a bill supported by Uber and Lyft to lower the companies' insurance requirements. Critics say the new law doesn't go far enough to give workers a fair contract.