Massachusetts is emerging as the next front in the battle over the gig economy’s workforce model, as
Dozens of civil rights groups and labor unions have formed the Coalition to Protect Workers’ Rights to oppose efforts to pass a new law—through either legislation or a voter initiative—that would exempt ride-hailing app drivers from any state effort to require gig workers to be considered employees.
Uber, facing litigation brought by the Massachusetts attorney general, has said it will use its ...